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...
Barra Hall, a new specialist learning centre for young people with complex needs, welcomed its very first cohort of students earlier this month. Led by…
IIM Indore Launches First Global Leadership Programme for Entrepreneurs with University of Glasgow; Inaugural Cohort of 15 Indian Entrepreneurs Begins in Scotland Glasgow, Scotland, July…
The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and TMC Strategic Communications (TMC) have announced a formal partnership, which sees the Cheshire-based agency join CIM’s Company Affiliate…
Four scientists with ambitious plans to drive change across healthcare, pharmaceuticals and photonics have been named as the first recipients of a new scholarship scheme…
NPTC Group of Colleges has been recognised with a 2026 Princess Royal Training Award for its innovative staff development programme supporting sustainability, ethical fashion and…
A FORMER Coleg Cambria student who was among the first through the doors of Deeside Sixth is now helping inspire the next generation to engage…
Almost a million young people in the UK are not in education, employment, or training (NEET). That’s a grim milestone that’s only marginally dropped in the latest quarter according to the ONS.…
Thousands of teenagers slipping through the cracks, as 42,000 ‘hidden NEETs’ remain enrolled in colleges but are severely absent from learning Tens of thousands of…
A college has gone wild at the start of a new term by setting up a new conservation course. The Suffolk New College Suffolk Rural…
Sophie, an Early Years Practitioner Apprentice at Burton and South Derbyshire College (BSDC), has obtained one of only 100 places to study a Degree and…
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