SMEs are key to unlocking apprenticeships for disadvantaged young people
The sector needs to do more to reconnect with small and medium sized employers if we are to provide greater opportunities for 16-18 year olds,…
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Beyond Pride: How can FE take Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion forwards?
As organisations mark 50 years of Pride, Dan Howard, Operations Director at the educational charity and leader in vocational and technical learning NCFE, reflects on…
A social impact revolution in FE
This week NCFE has joined forces with the pioneering Good for Me Good for FE (GfMGfFE) campaign. In doing this, we’re providing funding for a pilot programme to…
NCFE to deliver review of Level 3 Early Years qualification in Summer 2022
A review of the Early Years Educator (EYE) qualification has been announced, designed to improve quality, support practitioners, and address the impact of Covid-19 on…
Level 2 apprenticeships must be made more attractive to both learners and employers
A move towards higher level apprenticeships has reduced opportunities for disadvantaged young people, explains Suzanne Slater, Director of Operations for Apprenticeships at educational charity and…
Should the sector do more to highlight cost of living impact on learners
Poverty and hunger are adversely affecting students’ academic performance. This is the argument put forward by Darren Hankey, Principal at Hartlepool College of Further Education,…
Never heard of metrology? You might just know more than you think
From society to outer space, metrology is the seam that runs through all aspects of modern life – so why has nobody heard of it?…
More needs to be done to ease test anxiety for learners
Systems change is needed to alleviate the impact of text anxiety on our learners, explains Gray Mytton, Assessment Innovation Manager at NCFE, and Emma Davies,…
Call It Out: why education is key to tackling the online abuse of female gamers
NCFE, an educational charity and leader in vocational and technical learning, has teamed up with the Young Gamers & Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM) to investigate…
Innovative approach to embedding sustainability into early years wins leading international award
A unique resource aimed at embedding sustainability and STEM into early years education has been recognised with a major international award. The resource, Early Childhood…