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...
Zeeshan Anwar, board member of the FCSA, shares his insight into how the UK can confront the UK tech skills crisis, and the solutions which…
SkipHire UK has revealed which of the UK regions is the best place to live and work in for construction workers. By comparing each of…
Government must keep the pace with EU on new rights for gig economy workers says TUC A recent report by the TUC found the number of people working…
Staff at South Staffordshire College are celebrating after receiving a ‘good’ status rating from Ofsted in its recent inspection. A team of 10 inspectors visited the…
Following the Government’s Plan B announcement last night, HR teams must prepare their staff for yet another rapid working transition. Learning from the first work-from-home…
Technology company AND Digital, has today launched its Fuelling Growth in an Age of Data report which explores the changing attitudes among business leaders to…
A crucial sector Adult social care plays a crucial role in our society, yet the sector is in crisis. Whether large or small, public or…
Fast fashion culture has conditioned consumers to believe that every item is disposable and that wearing the same outfit twice is unacceptable. Amplified by social…
The House of Lords Youth Unemployment Committee recently published its 2021-2022 report. To those of us in the sector, its findings sadly came as no…
For the first time, more than 100,000 UK 18 year olds were accepted onto courses at the most competitive universities and colleges in 2021. New…
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