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...
Graduates from Telford College’s CIPD courses have been speaking about the springboard it has given them to promotion and new career opportunities. An Egyptian-born businessman…
UK-based online tutoring platform Edumentors secured $2 million in seed investment to build Edu AI – a fully interactive, human-like AI tutor. This funding enables…
Learning Resource Network (LRN), a UK-based awarding organisation regulated by Ofqual, has officially launched QTEC, a new brand of Level 3 qualifications aimed at bridging…
As another school year ends, many young people will be finishing their secondary school education and pondering their next move. For some, this may lead…
As the sector prepares for a wide-reaching apprenticeship reform from 1st August 2025, Skills Federation announced key developments to its apprenticeship assessment management platform, ACE360.…
The Challenge and Our Response Regular readers will know that in recent years my practice has been focused on changemaking, developing both mindset and skillset…
As AI reshapes industries and job roles, Higher Education and business leaders must urgently address the growing AI skills gap. This article explores why HE…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 809: 9th August 2025 | DHSC’s Level 7 Mitigation Funding: What Does It Say About Employer Choice And Levy Flexibility?…
OpenAI has just switched on its new Study Mode for ChatGPT. Learners can now drop a syllabus, ask for bite-sized explanations, and get instant practice…
Ever more so, education is the powerful tailwind to the skills we need to thrive. The conversation’s been dominated by the prioritisation of STEM subjects,…
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