The latest announcement on simplifying funding, ‘A New Streamlined Funding System for Adult Skills’ represents a small step forward. There is...

Firstly I would like to thank FE Week for the opportunity to contribute to this regular column. I’m going to start...

Next year it will be compulsory for 16-year-olds to stay in education or to undertake part-time training while in work. Parliament...

Social media is the broad term given to describe the latest evolution of internet and web based communication platforms that enable...

City College Norwich is a college of Higher and Further Education with over 14,000 students and 1,000 staff based in Norfolk....

In a time of increasing pressure on resources, every college is exploring ways to improve its cost effectiveness. National policy advice...

The FE sector is starting to see the impact of the budget cuts that were imposed for the year 2011 –...

It’s no secret that today’s higher and further education institutions are being forced into a position where they place improved efficiency...

Historically the welfare-to-work industry, which employs in the region of 20,000 people, has had no occupational standards or designated Sector Skills...

Learners like them, teachers like them, employers like them. This is the message we are hearing from the field. Of course,...

Last year, I launched National Apprenticeship Week 2011 by saying that I wanted to create the biggest and best apprenticeships programme...