A new watchdog with the power to close failing colleges will be created as ministers promised "tough action" to improve standards in further education...
Throughout my time in education, apprenticeships were perceived to be for people who were not academic or motivated enough to go to university; they were and still are perceived to be second rate.
With National Apprenticeship Week 2013 just behind us, it's a perfect time to reflect on the success that Apprenticeships have enjoyed over the past few years. Apprenticeships are becoming ever more popular, with both employers and learners attracted to the excellent career prospects they provide.
Since International Women's Day was first celebrated at the beginning of the last century it has grown to include businesses, communities, political parties and pressure groups as well as education providers. The world of further education (FE) is no exception in that it truly supports this important calendar date...
Whilst nurseries are required to work within set guidelines, it is crucial not to underestimate the huge responsibility it is to look after someone's child. Not only is it imperative that the children feel safe, secure and happy, but that their parents see their time with us as a positive.
It's been a while since I posted last, and it's fair to say a lot has happened. The festive season saw me add a few more American states and cities to my list, and after spending a week in New Jersey with a friend, I met up with my family in Boston.
As a nation, we are inherently afraid of failure, while in America, people are encouraged to take risks. This is the nature of an entrepreneur, a fearless, ambitious and passionate risk taker, and I believe that we need to create more people of this nature to think big and be ambitious.
Asking adults aged 24 and above to pay to work, through a student loan, risks putting many people off undertaking apprenticeships and contributing towards the development of our skilled workforce. Asking people earning this level of pay to further take out a loan in order to work is simply unacceptable.
On Tuesday, a couple of working days after its self-imposed deadline, the Department for Education finally made the announcement that colleges would be able to recruit 14- and 15-year-olds directly, as predicted in Friday's TES.
Even in the Prime Minister's own backyard of Oxfordshire, there are too many coasting schools. We need to learn from success stories like Wigan and Darlington to understand why other areas, like Derby and Doncaster, are less successful.
Teachers don't work in isolation: there are specific guidelines they are expected to follow which were issued by FENTO (Further Education National Tra...
Eli Ingle says his exam successes show it is possible to be educated at home right up to A-level. Hundreds of families across the UK every year cho...
Ministers will pay private companies to wake teenagers in a drive to get more youngsters back to college or work, it was announced on Friday. The i...
Colleges are failing to put jobseekers on courses that will help them find work, inspectors are warning. Instead, these adults are being offered ba...
If you flick through the names in your mobile phone address book, the chances are you'll come across someone who is currently unemployed. Around 8% of the working population - 2.63 million people - were out of work in the first quarter of this year.
Universities and colleges in England are spending more on trying to help students from low-income households and other under-represented groups gain p...
Ken Livingstone has promised to bring back the EMA to encourage disadvantaged students to stay on at school if he is reinstated as London's mayor in M...
Up to £70 million a year could be slashed from further education (FE) red tape to protect students from cuts if the Government got its act together, ...
Almost a fifth of English universities are to lower their tuition fees to below £7,500 in a bid to take advantage of extra student places, it has bee...
Half of England's colleges have seen a drop in student numbers, with many blaming the abolition of a grant for poorer teenagers and tougher competitio...
The school leaving age should be cut 14, according to the former head of Ofsted. In an interview with The Times, Sir Chris Woodhead s...
The recent riots that have escalated throughout the country - predominantly instigated by angry youths - are prompting some commentators to lament a 'lost generation' of young people who have resorted to such acts because they feel they have nothing left to lose.
The highest performing A-level candidates could be tempted with cut-price deals on tuition fees from next year, as some English universities face incr...
The highest performing A-level candidates could be tempted with cut-price deals on tuition fees from next year, as some English universities face incr...
The Government's changes to further education funding for 16-19 year-olds have left many without a clear indication of how their studies and training ...
