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...
The High Pay Centre and CIPD’s CEO pay research published today (Friday) is evidence that the government must redesign the economy to make it fair…
A series of free interactive webinars is being held by the University of Chester’s (@uochester) Philip Barker Centre for Creative Learning to explore innovative and…
Shockingly, a quarter of teachers (27%) say implementing the government’s open window policy isn’t possible, because they work in classrooms where windows cannot be opened, according…
St Peter and St Paul’s Church grounds have been given an overhaul thanks to a group of students (@BarkingCollege). The Uniformed Public Service students from…
In November 2022, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management will be launching a new, English-language Master in Blockchain & Digital Assets (MSc) degree programme (@fsblockchain).…
Milton Keynes College Group has been given planning approval by MK Council for the new home for the South Central Institute of Technology (SCIoT) at…
Government plans to provide 7,000 air purifiers for schools and colleges will fall thousands short of what is needed to ensure adequate ventilation in every…
New Year is always an exciting time of promise. What might 2022 hold for you? The last couple of years have been challenging so we…
The graduate jobs market has recovered with the number of vacancies now 20% higher than in 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic, reports Institute of Student…
Today (Friday 7 Jan), school leaders’ union NAHT releases the results of a snap poll of its members on the first day of term. The…
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