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...
As many young people head off to university, apprenticeships remain a popular option. Government figures for the last academic year show apprenticeship starts increased by…
Association of Colleges is delighted to announce that Gerry McDonald has been elected as the new AoC President. Taking over from Pat Carvalho, he will…
Higher and degree apprenticeships should be one of the most powerful drivers of social mobility. They offer the chance to earn while learning, gain real…
Novus begins delivery of new Prisoner Education Service in West Midlands prisons The head of leading prison education provider Novus has spoken about education’s ‘powerful’…
Five new skills training centres across South East Scotland are to be created with £25m of UK Government funding, it was announced today (3 September…
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has awarded £250,000 in Regional Skills Hub funding to a new robotics training facility in West Cumbria. The…
Oaklands College took learning beyond the classroom this week when a group of its Special Educational and Additional Needs (SEND) students visited Habiba Garden, in…
Barking & Dagenham College (BDC) Football Academy celebrated a successful 2025/26 season at its inaugural Football Academy Presentation Afternoon, recognising the hard work, talent and…
Ascend Day Services has officially opened its doors in Renishaw, bringing together learners, families, friends, staff and members of the local community to celebrate the next chapter…
NCG has retained the National Network for the Education of Care Leavers (NNECL) Quality Mark, becoming the first college group in the UK to successfully…
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