Long-time observers of the UK skills system are prone to wearily observing that it is fragmented, complex and a victim of policy inconsistency over time....
According to the Student Mental Health Study, 37% of first-year university students show moderate-to-severe anxiety or depression. This is nearly double the national rate for...
The biggest challenges facing the further education workforce are no great secret. Pay remains a big concern. Funding pressures limit what colleges can offer, while recruitment difficulties...
For years, employers have been telling us that something fundamental is missing in the labour market. Not technical skills, although those matter enormously, but the...
The number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) has topped one million for the first time since 2013. Alan Milburn's independent...
Ladi Mohammed and Shani Wijemuni discuss how you turn better understanding of the skills an economy needs into better decisions by people, employers, and training...
A member of your team discloses a neurodivergent condition. You do the right thing. You agree to an adjustment. You understandably feel that the difficult...
The new Burnham led government has only been in power for a couple of months but it has already done enough to indicate that it...
I read three things recently that felt worth pulling together, if only to highlight them rather than fully make sense of them. The first was...
V Levels could offer something the post-16 system badly needs: greater flexibility for young people who want vocational learning without having to specialise as early...
The University of Salford is delighted to announce a major new partnership with Bupa who will be the founding partner of the new wellbeing roof…
Itec Skills and Employment proudly celebrated the achievements of its 2026 apprenticeship graduates at a special graduation ceremony on 3 September, bringing together learners, employers,…
Bradford College has officially opened its latest multi-million-pound facility after nearly two years under construction. The new Junction Mills building on Thornton Road will offer students…
Students from Barking & Dagenham College have marked a major milestone after completing their Supported Internship programme through Project Search at Queen’s Hospital. The graduation…
Registered blind with a degenerative sight condition, Hannah Rowlatt, from Cardiff says learning Welsh has transformed her life. After the Covid-19 pandemic affected her independence…
As we head towards Adult Learners’ Week, the theme of ‘Never Stop Learning’ feels particularly relevant to the conversations I’m having with employers. Not because…
Young people not in education, employment or training have often missed out on opportunities to develop essential employment skills. The Nuffield Foundation has launched a…
The Moroccan business school rises from 32nd to 10th in two years, becoming the first African institution to break into the top 10 of a…
Thirty-one students from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) took part in a week-long Taith-funded exchange to Finland, including part-time and mature learners…
Harrow, Richmond and Uxbridge Colleges (HRUC) has launched the new Future Start youth employment hub to help young people get into work. As part of…
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