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...
Within education and skills, there is a tendency to equate more with better: more learning hours, more evidence, more checkpoints, more assessment. Yet, it is…
A Derby company training hundreds of apprentices is officially one of the country’s very best providers after being judged ‘Strong’ in every area by Ofsted.…
Newcastle College students have given one of Newcastle’s busiest pedestrian thoroughfares a dramatic makeover as part of a project with Newcastle NE1. 90 Digital Arts…
IMP Software has officially launched IMP Finance, a new financial management platform built from the ground up around the distinctive requirements of education finance teams…
After leaving school at the age of 14 with no formal qualifications, Javier Griffiths-Payne returned to learning a decade later. Just two years on, the…
Animal Care students from Oaklands College took part in a life-changing conservation learning experience in South Africa, giving them the chance to develop practical skills,…
Devoted father Fred Murad began an inspiring and life-changing journey when his wife, Claire, tragically died from sepsis in 2021. With two young children to…
Over 200 students received their A-level, T-Level and BTEC results at Oaklands College on Thursday 13 August, with many now progressing to university, apprenticeships, employment…
Two Moulton College construction students have brought a piece of Doctor Who history to life by building a full-scale replica of the iconic 1983 TARDIS…
Aaron Jones has won a national award after becoming an inspirational role model for neurodiversity and the transformative power of lifelong learning. Working as a…
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