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...
These are among the key findings from new research led by Dr Catherine Dilnot at Oxford Brookes University (@Oxford_Brookes) and funded by the Nuffield Foundation.…
Hundreds of former teachers, including the indomitable Geoff and Margaret (@RetirementTales), have signed up with supply agencies following @NadhimZahawi the Education Secretary’s call for them to…
A new report from school leaders’ union @NAHTnews finds that school business leaders (SBLs) are less satisfied in their roles than twelve months ago and…
West Yorkshire Learning Providers (WYLP) are delighted to announce that we have become the leadprovider for Skills Connect Health & Social Care Passport providing short…
COVID has revolutionised the way we work, and many businesses are now living in a world of hybrid working. We know that flexible working is…
Banbury-based tools manufacturer Norbar Torque Tools Ltd is hosting a series of virtual careers evenings in February for young people potentially interested in two engineering…
In this twentieth episode of #PedagogyMatters, CDN (@ColDevNet) talk to Dr Lee Coutts (@DrLeeCoutts) from @UniStrathclyde about the topic of Transformative Learning and Teaching. Lee…
The free-to-attend social mobility, diversity and inclusion session for employers and training providers will be streamed live during National Apprenticeship Week. Introduced by Anna Morrison…
Protocol, the leading full-service recruitment agency in the education, skills and training sector has announced the promotion of Chloe Skillington to Associate Director of Recruitment…
Less than half of employees (49%) felt they received good support from their employers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and are now looking for a better…
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