Too many cooks
Over the last few years the numbers in post-16 education have continued to grow, the variety of courses available expand, and the intensity of exams…
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Team UK celebrate EuroSkills 2014 success
Team UK took home glory at last week’s EuroSkills competition in Lille, France, after securing nine medals in a variety of events. The group won…
How we made e-books a success
As an undergraduate at Trinity College Dublin several millennia ago I was crossing Front Square on my way to the library (or it may have…
Employers hold the key to training their future employees
I am passionate about the need for education and business to work together to help young people successfully enter the workplace. I was, therefore, pleased…
Undercover boss
If you’ve ever watched the TV series Undercover Boss you’ll know it is about bosses that go, in incognito, into their business to see how…
The big story: the Work Programme is working
There’s a news story that no one is talking about. You won’t read it in the papers, you won’t hear it discussed on the radio…
FE Careers launches new site on 11-year anniversary
Job advertising specialists FE Careers celebrated its 11 year anniversary last night with the launch of an upgraded site full of new tools and user…
Sport participation in college hits new heights
More college students than ever are participating in sport, according to research showing a fifth are now taking part in physical activities. The proportion is…
RAF intelligence team celebrates Apprenticeship first
Twenty members of the RAF have become the first learners to pass a Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship in Intelligence Analysis. The new qualification, accredited by…
Our first priority – protecting the interests of our learners
FE News and the whole vocational education sector is rightly concerned about the prospects for learners who are ‘caught in the crossfire’ between training providers…