Higher education, Skills reform

Don’t knock pathways – they’re a front door to higher education

Foundation years and CertHEs suffer an image problem, but they foster collaboration between FE and HE and ensure students...

Jessica Hill
Gianina Harvey-Brewin
Skills reform, Young people

Francis review prompts DfE shake-up of English and maths accountability measures

Review response also reveals incoming guidance for colleges on enrichment

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Skills reform

Functional skills maths isn’t functional, and everyone knows it

When exam questions bear no resemblance to the maths problems of the workplace, young apprentices are set up to...

Jessica Hill
Sue Pittock
Skills reform

1-week apprenticeship ‘units’, and 5 other things we learned from Smith’s white paper briefing

Skills minister also defends adult education plans and explains the need to introduce laws that ban ‘unsuitable' FE leaders

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Josh Mellor
Skills reform

The post-16 white paper has the potential to deliver for businesses

Last week's white paper comes as Make UK’s latest research shows that three-quarters of manufacturers struggle to fill vacancies...

Shane Chowen
Robert Halfon
Skills reform

Government reveals skills strategy for clean energy sector in first ‘jobs plan’

Demand for skilled workers is forecast to double in the next five years

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Skills reform

Skilled migrants should train British workers in colleges – report

Think tank suggests new ‘work and teach’ system to link overseas workers to skills policy

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Skills reform
Long read

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Skills reform, Young people

What we know about V Levels, new T Levels and the end of the T Level foundation year

The defunding timetable for alternative courses like BTECs has also been confirmed

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen