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MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 475

Fiona Aldridge Chief Executive, Federation for Industry Sector Skills and Standards Start date: September 2024 Previous Job: Head of Insight – Employment and skills, West Midlands Combined Authority Interesting fact: Fiona is busy learning about sector skills bodies for this job, particularly IMI as her daughter just started a motor engineering course at Loughborough College […]

Movers and Shakers

Crisis in schools creates a NEET problem for FE to solve

Jessica Hill examines the triggers and FE
solutions as worsening school absenteeism
piles pressure on colleges to provide lower-
level post-16 courses

Feature, News, Long read

How Skills England can avoid the political scrapheap

To avoid the (i)fate of its predecessors, Skills England needs independence, a wide remit and clear powers to make a difference

Opinion, Skills England

Starts fell for most apprenticeships after ‘exceptional’ funding review

Care worker apprenticeships dived the most

News, Apprenticeships

FE Commissioner’s verdict on 2 struggling colleges and a council

Intervention reports shed more light on NewVIc conflict, reveal how a college nearly ran out of cash and that DfE cut ties with an LA

News, Adult education, Colleges

A DAY IN THE LIFE: Apprenticeship assessor

As debates about levies, funding rules and quangos rage on, assessors working for England’s 280 end-point assessment organisations quietly keep the apprenticeship system ticking over. They are the gatekeepers who ensure apprentices are ready for the workforce. Yet their work observing, questioning and making decisions that shape careers can go largely unnoticed. Freelance assessor Janine […]

Profiles, Apprenticeships, Long read

Vocational reforms must differentiate between education and training

Clearly defining the two and developing policies accordingly is crucial for future-proofing our skills system

Opinion, Policy

Five priorities for the Francis review to power up skills

Drawing on Edge Foundation’s research, here’s how the curriculum and assessment review could make our skills system the envy of others

Opinion, Curriculum review

Apprenticeship starts grew in the month Labour took power

AELP says August and September stats more likely to show extent of perceived ‘slowdown’ as full-year 2023/24 starts flatline

News, Apprenticeships