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...

As the dust settles from National Apprenticeship Week 2012, surely all eyes now are on the next big event of the...

If you were one of the many thousands of visitors to WorldSkills London 2011 last October it will come as no...

The Department for Education’s recent cull of more than 3,000 vocational qualifications taught in schools sparked a media response that exposed...

The Government has committed itself to creating an extra 250,000 Apprenticeships by 2015. This is a challenging target, particularly in an...

If you saw FE Week’s front-page headline “Private providers ahead of FE colleges in government learner satisfaction survey” and also visited...

It’s great as Shadow Skills and FE Minister to celebrate this fourth annual Apprenticeships week. Looking back on Labour’s record in...

It’s a mess.  Anyone who thinks the current or proposed system for providing information advice and guidance (IAG) to young people...