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...
A trial that guarantees extra school sessions for learners in Wales is now underway, Education Minister and Welsh Language Minister Jeremy Miles has announced. Over…
GO WEST, GO GREEN! The West London Green Skills Hub (@GreenLondonTeam), part of the Mayor’s Academies Programme, was launched today at West London College (31…
IT vacancies increased by 105 percent in 2021 across England and Wales. The pandemic has accelerated the rate of digitisation on a global scale and…
Two law students are hoping to set a precedent when they take part in a national law competition. Rohan Quinn, 18, and Elliot Gribble, 29, who…
A winning submission has just been announced on an exciting in-house project set up to design a new logo for the Rural Skills Short Courses…
The Insitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (the Institute) is delighted to announce four reappointments to our board. Dame Fiona Kendrick, Dr Kate Barclay, Robin…
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Hope Welsh, a Curriculum Administrator at Burton and South Derbyshire College (BSDC) has recently completed the College’s new Distance Learning course, Level 2 Improving Personal…
AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) has announced that its qualifications will be relevelled in Scotland later this year to match the HNC and HND qualification…
Matt Gray, one of Leeds Trinity University’s (@LeedsTrinity) aspiring sports stars, is gearing up for his biggest swimming challenges to date. Having started swimming at…
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