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7 June 2026

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Feature

The politics behind the King of the North’s MBacc mission

Andy Burnham is grabbing headlines with his ambition for the MBacc technical education programme. But ...

Jessica Hill

1 Dec 2025 | Young people
News

FE inquiry: College designations, postcode lotteries and student poverty

Sector leaders make the case for reclassifying SEND colleges, student maintenance support and avoiding ...

FE Week Reporter

3 Jun 2025
Opinion

Levelling up will only happen if maths and English improve

The country is still not getting the basics right on literacy and numeracy, writes Fiona Aldridge Getting ...

Fiona Aldridge

12 Nov 2021 | Opinion
News

Uproar as DfE researchers to ban jobless bootcamp applicants…at random

Training providers have been left livid and refusing to sign contracts after the Department for Education ...

Billy Camden

11 Jun 2021
News

Ofsted watch: College struggling ahead of demerger, as ITPs see ups and downs

…es for apprentices who spoke English as an additional language. Aldridge Adult Learning, an independent provider to around 1,200 learners annually, made…

Fraser Whieldon

1 Nov 2019
Opinion

What will the National Retraining Scheme look like?

With little fanfare, the National Retraining Scheme is being developed. Research is being done to ensure ...

FIONA ALDRIDGE

28 Jan 2019 | Opinion
Opinion

How can we get more adults to learn?

We are already looking at the supply of skills training, writes Fiona Aldridge. Now we need to encourage ...

Expert Contributor

6 Dec 2017 | Opinion
Opinion

Hitting the targets, missing the point

While apprenticeship starts have risen for ethnic minorities and those with learning difficulties, much of ...

Expert Contributor

4 Dec 2017 | Opinion
News

‘Still early days’ says BIS after just 300 Trailblazer apprenticeship starts in nine months

The government has defended Trailblazer apprenticeships after official figures indicated there had been ...

FE Week Reporter

29 Jun 2015
Profiles

Fiona Aldridge, assistant director for development and research, Niace

“I guess research is just about being nosey. Nosey and methodical — that’s what makes a good researcher,” ...

FE Week Reporter

9 Mar 2015