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...
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…
Last week brought a welcome signal that the government is ready to rethink GCSE maths resits. Education Secretary Lucy Powell acknowledged that failing to get…
New Level 4 Diploma for Professional Accounting Technicians responds to demands for stronger technical, digital and commercial skills. London, 1 September 2026 – AAT has…
In a few short weeks, tens of thousands of young people fresh from receiving their A-level and BTEC results will head off to university to…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 862: 29th August 2026. NEET Numbers Are Falling… But Are We Fixing the Right Things with Employers To Reduce It…
NCG has officially joined the North East Anti-Racism Coalition’s Become the Bridge campaign, pledging to take meaningful action to challenge racism and promote greater equality across its…
Over the last few weeks, as GCSE, Level 2 and Level 3 results have been published and the sector has once again turned its attention…
A TALENTED Wrexham student with ambitions to make her mark in artificial intelligence and software engineering is preparing for an exciting new chapter at the…
Ofsted has published a new toolkit and guidance for inspecting education, skills training and work in prisons and young offender institutions (YOIs) in England under…
Care work and software development are among the most common types of full-time jobs held by women and men respectively, according to analysis of new…
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