If Further Education Teaching in England is a Profession, Training Cannot Be Optional
Further education (FE) in England has spent too long treating teacher training as an optional extra. That stance may have seemed tolerable in a sector…
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Regulating on Ambiguity: Why FE Initial Teacher Training Needs Practitioner Research, Not Just New Rules
The quality of initial teacher training (ITT) in further education (FE) is again under review, but this time with a sharper regulatory edge. From 2026,…
Supporting the FE & Skills sector through environmental professional registration
Towards the end of 2025, the first resources from the Green Mindset Collective (an EAUC, ETF and FE News initiative) were published, including a ‘Playbook’.…
ETF Response to the Education Committee’s Report on Further Education and Skills
The Education Training Foundation (ETF) welcomes the Education Select Committee’s powerful new report on further education (FE) and skills (House of Commons Education Committee, 2025).…
Professionalisation in Further Education: are we moving in the right direction?
As the Further Education (FE) sector continues to seek wider recognition of the pivotal role it plays in the education ecosystem, we should ask ourselves…
Professional Standards for teachers refreshed by the ETF
A refreshed set of Professional Standards for teachers and trainers in the Further Education and Training sector in England have today (4 May) been launched…