Adult education, Apprenticeships, Young people

‘Politically driven’ post-16 policy churn has damaged stability, think tank warns

Leaders urged to address ‘short attention spans’ to create more stable political consensus and improve post-16 inequalities and data...

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Young people

Sustaining Support for 16-19 Tuition Funding

As the chancellor prepares his spring budget, Cheri Ashby argues for keeping what is a vital funding stream for...

JL Dutaut
Cheri Ashby
Young people

16-19 funding to rise by 1.9% from August 2024

Uplifts won't help teacher recruitment and retention crisis, AoC said

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Young people

FE recruitment hasn’t changed for 20 years. This year it must

Responding to ongoing challenges will require providers to adapt – and recruiters can and should be enablers in that...

JL Dutaut
Amir Qureshi
Young people

Resits: Colleges can do a lot – but they could do much more with some flexibility

Colleges can’t make the progress we need nationally on resits outcomes without some accommodations in policy

JL Dutaut
Asfa Sohail
Young people

Research shows the resits policy needs a complete rethink

New analysis by the EPI shows the resit policy is helping least the learners who need it most, explains...

JL Dutaut
Robbie Maris
Young people

Seventy-five years on, human rights education matters more than ever

Our new survey aims to capture human rights education’s place in FE and how we can support more colleges...

JL Dutaut
Dan Shercliff
Young people

GCSE maths resit pass rate lower than pre-pandemic

But performance in English re-takes continues to rise

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Young people

The 16-19 disadvantage gap is worse than we thought

The case for a student premium was clear in 2019. Our latest analysis shows it is now urgent, says...

JL Dutaut
Sam Tuckett