Every year, apprenticeship providers brace themselves for a new set of funding rules. The annual ritual is familiar: download the document, highlight the changes, update...
Using AI to help draft a lesson plan is one thing. Using it to assess whether a prospective learner should study at Level 2 or...
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...
No-one should be held back from accessing education due to their period. In January 2020, we launched the Period Products Scheme to provide learners with period…
Accountancy training provider, First Intuition Chelmsford, has today been awarded an outstanding grade by Ofsted, after a recent inspection visit. This provider, who specialises in…
MP for Guildford, Angela Richardson (@AJRichardsonMP) and Kathy Slack (@KathySlackEM3), Chief Executive of Enterprise M3 LEP (@enterprisem3) officially opened a new Care Skills Training Centre…
Responding to the National Audit Office’s report on the Kickstart Scheme, Mat Ilic, Chief Development Officer at Catch22, said: “We were one of the first…
WYCHWOOD, OXFORD HOSTS CLIMATE CHEMISTRY CONFERENCE (@wychwoodschool) Wychwood School, Oxford hosted an interactive ‘Youth Chemistry Conference’ this week which saw girls share innovative ideas on…
Two Senior Lecturers at Leeds Trinity University (@LeedsTrinity) have had their poems published in an anthology marking the 700th anniversary of the death of the…
Victory for staff a three London colleges as deals are agreed on pay, leave, workload & lesson observations University and College Union (@ucu) members at…
Background to the report The Department for Work & Pensions (the Department) launched the Kickstart Scheme (Kickstart) in September 2020 in response to a significant…
Following a challenging and exciting two-day, pitched and flat roofing competition at the BMI Academy (@BMIUKandIreland), roofing apprentices Jamie Scott, of Bourne-based Sandall Roofing, and…
Researchers at the University of the West of England (@UWEBristol) are to begin a new study exploring the impact of racism on the mental health…
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