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...
Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Cabinet has today (26 January) approved proposals to progress plans to create a centre for vulnerable learners, which will form part…
PLANS have been submitted by Middlesbrough College Group (@mbrocollege) for a multi-million-pound engineering facility that could transform Teesside’s net zero aims. This proposed state-of-the-art facility…
Elliott Lancaster says UK students deserve huge praise for continuing to fight for their future during the pandemic and for the “leading role” they will…
The Environmental Audit Committee has today called for a GCSE on Natural History to be launched next year, and in place for students from September…
Students from St John Bosco College in the London Borough of Wandsworth have today completed an 11-week work experience programme piloted by Wates Residential, part…
A new target to move half a million people into jobs by the end of June launches today (27 Jun), under ambitious government plans to…
When Rishi Sunak spoke in front of Parliament and unveiled his 2021 Autumn Budget, he announced a £3 billion fund to deliver a “Skills Revolution”…
MATHS ANXIETY PUTTING BRITS IN NUMERACY CRISIS Millions of British parents ‘dread’ the moment their child returns from school with maths homework. As many as…
Today marks the final UCAS (@ucas_online) 2021 End of Cycle release, with new data breaking down individual university and college application and acceptance figures for…
Treasury Committee’s Verdict on the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 Commenting on a report published today (27 Jan) which highlights a lack of funding…
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