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 take-up has been slower than hoped and the mayor has been accused of overreach while sidelining the needs of adult education
Our commission will use engagement as lead indicator for FE outcomes Colleges chase attendance data and retention rates long after learners have switched off, or staff have burned out. Our new national commission is asking whether early engagement insight could be the missing piece in improving both outcomes and wellbeing
The quiet power of FE, where second chances spark social change In South Devon our new social and community practice degree is training graduates to prevent harm, not just respond to it
If learners don’t feel they belong, they won’t engage Working in safeguarding means seeing both the barriers and the brilliance in young people. Our project is proving how small interventions can build big confidence
Training across borders works but we risk missing the boat Transnational education could be a powerful tool for exporting UK expertise and expanding access to quality training, but our TVET sector isn’t taking advantage
White paper’s details pose a devilish problem for FE admin Just as Wells’ Martians were undone by what they overlooked, the post-16 white paper could be derailed by the unglamorous realities of enrolment, coding and timetabling
Colleges take £20m slice of OfS capital funding 134 colleges awarded one fifth of £92m pot to ‘address the government’s industrial strategy and priority sectors’
South Devon job cuts turned college finances to ‘small surplus’ The college’s reserves have been ‘depleted’ to pay for capital costs due to low income in recent years
Newbury College considers merger after FE Commissioner intervention Decision to be made on the college’s future this spring