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...
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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...
Recently, while on safari in Mauritius, I found myself staring at a zebra and thinking about autism, which is perhaps not the most conventional response...
Experience isn't enough to make graduates employable. Why experience must be designed by providers to be in line with the government's skills reforms, rather than...
There are a wide range of reasons why some families might prefer to home educate children. In the vast majority of cases home educating parents…
The MIRA Technology Institute is opening its doors to welcome businesses from the automotive sector who are interested in finding out more about how apprentices…
Nine high achieving Blackburn students have secured scholarships to study at Blackburn Sixth Form. Yaseen Padia, 16, Lauren Ankers, 16 Hussain Mughal, 17, Hamza Taher,…
The University of Law (@UniversityofLaw) has revealed the winners of its new mentoring competition giving eight students the chance to work with leading business professionals.…
In answer to the plethora of business and pedagogical challenges faced by the higher education sector today, Bett, the global community for education technology, is…
Former head of MI5 Lord Jonathan Evans of Weardale and revered music publisher Sarah Liversedge-Platz, have been presented with Honorary Doctorates as part of this…
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New training scheme offers young people the best of both worlds with a direct route into the world of work while earning a qualification (@SamsungUK)…
@BordersCollege student Alicja Blaszczyk is celebrating after being selected as a finalist for the #ALBAS, Lantra Scotland’s much-anticipated Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills –…
In the world in which we live, making your business attractive and appealing to prospective employees has never been more complex. The events of the…
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