In October 2023, FE News held its first-ever event - The FE Collective!

The FE Collective is a flipped conference where the audience works together to share ideas, visions and solutions, and develop a joint plan to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing the FE and Skills sector.

All of which contributed to a revolutionary collaborative report. In this stream, we will discuss this epic report and even bring in some of our speakers from the day to get their views and opinions!

Read the FE Collective Report here:
https://www.fenews.co.uk/fe-voices/trust-us-to-shape-fe-and-skills-for-future-urge-sector-leaders-in-new-fe-collective-report/

In today’s series finale, Gavin O’Meara (CEO, FE News and FE Careers) and Suzanne Slater (Director of Operations for Apprenticeships, NCFE) co-host a discussion that looks towards the future of apprenticeships and focuses on collaboration as the key to unlocking their continued success.

In today’s episode, Gavin O’Meara (CEO, FE News) and Sacha Finkle (Head of EPA, NCFE) co-host a discussion looking at all things end-point assessment (EPA), in our special EPA spotlight episode. Our hosts are joined by two expert speakers in Jacqui Mokenthin, consultant and researcher, and Chris Cherry, lead on end-point assessment at the Skills Development Network, to discuss the topic.

https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/51849556/download.mp3

In this week’s show, co-hosts Gavin O’Meara (CEO, FE News) and Michael Lemin (Head of Policy, NCFE) are joined by guests Aidan Relf (Skills Consultant) and Becci Newton (Director of Public Policy Research, Institute for Employment Studies) to discuss the impact of the cost of living crisis on the future of apprenticeships.

In this week’s episode, Gavin O’Meara (FE News) and co-host Suzanne Slater (Director of Operations for Apprenticeships at NCFE) highlight the topic of apprenticeships and SMEs to examine their current relationship and the obstacles that are being faced. They are joined by two expert speakers in Anthony Impey (Chief Executive at Be the Business) and Anna Ambrose (Director of the London Progression Collaboration).

In our first episode of season 3, host Gavin O’Meara and co-host Suzanne Slater (Director of Operations for Apprenticeships at NCFE) are joined by guest speakers Lucy Hunte (National Programme Manager for Apprenticeships, NHS) and John-Joe Tams (Accreditation Apprentice at NCFE) to explore an important question – are apprenticeships still working for 16-19 year olds?