Jessica Hill | FE Week

Why learning from neighbours could guide our apprenticeship reforms

Reforms are coming to the apprenticeship system in England and the Labour government has been showered with suggestions about what it should do. But are there lessons England can learn from the skills paths charted in the last decade by Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland? England is the outlier; it is the only one with […]

Sky’s the limit for AI and apprenticeships, says entrepreneur Alberg

Serial innovator Richard Alberg reveals he changed the direction of business Aptem overnight after realising machine learning was no mere party trick

Can Skills England really fix our broken skills system?

Labour quango Skills England has a mission to boost growth by fixing skills gaps,
but how can it swerve the failures of its predecessors?

The success of Skills England is in all our interests

Labour has missed a trick by not making Skills England a fully cross-government body, writes John Cope

How fake skills cards have opened the door to building site blaggers

FE Week uncovers evidence of CSCS cards being sold to people without the necessary training to do building work – putting lives at risk

The robots have already marched into apprenticeships

AI tools could save training providers big bucks and improve quality. But at what cost?

At the helm of the only national college group

Liz Bromley is feeling a little fragile today. She is heading home from NCG’s offices at Newcastle College by train instead of driving, because a “mad burst of floaters” in her eye, which she at first put down to stress, turned out to be a torn retina. Her eye is now filled with oil to […]

The high cost pressures of safety valve deals

Cash-strapped local authorities are under pressure through safety valve deals to place high-needs young people in placements that may not be suitable for them

The rock ’n’ roll career of MBKB boss Mark Bremner

To some, Mark Bremner is known as the boss who lets staff at his training business take as many holidays as they want. But to others he’s a builder, a failed barrister, tech nerd, record label founder, fantasy fiction writer and a frustrated rock music merchandiser. He was also once made bankrupt. His journey to […]