Provider achievement rates receive significant attention from boards, governors and executive teams because they provide a straightforward indication of overall performance. They are often one...
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...
Two young people from Lancashire have moved into permanent careers after starting work through a Government jobs incentive (@phxtraining). Melanie Chapman and Aimee Cross have…
Loughborough College (@Lborocollege) has been rated ‘Outstanding’ by @Ofsted for providing exceptional care, support, leadership and experiences to students, a new report has said. Inspectors…
@RollsRoyce – Applications now open for 2022 Rolls-Royce Apprenticeship Programme Outstanding opportunity for post-16 students seeking hands-on experience with a world-class company as a direct…
The Sheffield College (@sheffcol) has been shortlisted in two national education awards. The Association of Colleges (AoC) Beacon Awards celebrate best practice and innovation among…
A programme supporting 15–16-year-olds to increase their employability skills has resumed following a lengthy hiatus due to the pandemic. The Right Start Schools programme, run…
Trinity Fields School and Resource Centre have been awarded a Silver MOVE Quality Mark to recognise their excellent provision of the MOVE Programme. The MOVE…
Barnsley College (@BarnsleyCollege) is hosting an event on Thursday 6 January 2022, 11.00am-2.00pm for those aged 16-18 and not currently in education, employment, or training…
We know technology has had an impact on every area of our lives. We can manage almost our entire lives through our smartphones, from arranging…
‘Passport to Earning’ to give 15-24-year-olds certified education & skills training Centrepiece launch at Day 1 at RewirEd Summit – driving innovative, seismic change in…
Details, by awarding organisation, of the different assessment options available for functional skills in 2021. Arrangements for 2021 There are 3 ways learners will be…
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