At the start of his second week as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham has announced what amounts to a revolution in education policy. We have heard...
Kerry Boffey of FIN identifies changes in the Ofsted operating guide and toolkit which require provider attention before September. Providers preparing for inspection should pay...
Today's announcement from the Prime Minister is significant structural reform. Technical education pathways from age 14, combining core academic subjects with employer contact and workplace...
By mid-July, most Further Education leadership teams have shifted their attention to enrolment, exam boards and the slow scramble to close out the academic year....
This year’s World Youth Skills Day theme, 'Skills for a shared future', is timely. Young people are entering a labour market being reshaped by artificial intelligence, automation and changing employer expectations. Yet too often we describe...
Economic inactivity linked to long-term health conditions has now reached 2.8 million people in the UK, costing the country an estimated £212 billion per year...
FE leaders are not short of priorities. Funding pressures, curriculum reform, skills gaps, and meeting diverse learner needs all demand attention, so the instinct can...
Across the country, clean energy projects are falling behind schedule. Sometimes it’s planning disputes. Other times, it’s budget pressures. But the challenge that often goes...
Part Three of three on children, social media and the ban. The first piece asked how we arrived here. The second asked what we should...
As AI adoption outpaces the systems meant to recognise it, the question for the sector is not how to teach AI, but how to certify...
Money will deliver projects which inspire the next generation of pilots, aviation engineers and air traffic controllers. Reach for the Sky Challenge Fund has already inspired more than a million...
New bursary supports young people by removing a key financial barrier to apprenticeships. Thousands more college places to expand access to skills and training...
Prime Minister Andy Burnham: ‘From today Britain will value the Hard Hat as much as the Graduation Cap' Under the...
The world talks constantly about skills shortages, economic growth and workforce mobility, but the conversations I had on my visit...
The new-look government can lift the labour market by giving employers greater confidence in the UK’s growth prospects, according to...
One of the strange things about operational resilience is that organisations often discuss it as though it is primarily about...
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 857: 25th July 2026. Will Number 10 North Be Genuinely Pioneering, New System-Wide Thinking, or...
UK employees took an average of 9.4 days of sickness absence last year, according to the CIPD. That's up from...
The FE sector has spent years focusing on outcomes. Pass rates remain important, but many providers tell us that inspection...
South & City College Birmingham has welcomed the publication of a major new report calling for greater collaboration to improve...
South Hampshire College Group has secured a £4.5 million capital grant as part of the Construction Skills Capacity Fund from the Department for Education. This…
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) today announces its new Chief Executive. Louise Hanson will succeed Neil Carberry OBE, who will step down in September…
Thousands more young people will be encouraged to consider careers in aviation, as organisations across the UK are today (Wednesday 29 July) invited to apply for a share of £750,000 through…
More than four in five care workers say regulated qualifications would help them progress in their careers, a new survey has revealed. Conducted by NCFE, the educational charity and leader…
Telford College is to develop a £5.6m “world-class” engineering centre to train students in advanced technologies after securing Government backing for the project. The new Industrial Technology Training Centre, funded…
The Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports in Greece has announced that it has awarded the University of Derby a licence to operate in…
At the start of his second week as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham has announced what amounts to a revolution in education policy. We have heard…
Kerry Boffey of FIN identifies changes in the Ofsted operating guide and toolkit which require provider attention before September. Providers preparing for inspection should pay…
Thousands more young people will be able to gain the skills, qualifications and experience they need for future careers, as the government today rolls out…
As policy detail is awaited, the IMI offers to be a conduit between government and the automotive workforce The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI)…
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