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...
North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College’s (NWSLC) pioneering Supported Internship programme has been praised in the House of Commons for “breaking down barriers” to employment…
A £6.9 million refurbishment project that saw a derelict building transformed into Bradford College’s cutting-edge Garden Mills facility has been selected as a finalist in…
Every day, talented and experienced women are leaving careers they have spent years building. Not because they lack skill or ambition, but because menopause in…
Two Leeds College of Building (LCB) apprentices have been recognised for their talents at this year’s Painting and Decorating Association’s (PDA) awards. Owen Sheldon, an…
A LEADING college and champion of the Welsh language is running a new series of courses to prepare visitors and businesses for the National Eisteddfod.…
British employers reduced their investment in staff training by £6 billion in 2024 compared to 2022, spending £53 billion on workforce development as job vacancies…
Bruce Aitchison, founder of Happiness is Egg Shaped, will receive an Honorary Fellowship from Borders College during its annual graduation ceremony in October. Bruce, a…
Learning Resource Network (LRN), a globally recognised UK awarding organisation, is delighted to announce that its Level 2 Pre-A Foundation Studies qualification has been formally…
Two Reading College and University Centre students have received highly commended awards in a national poetry speaking competition, Poetry By Heart. Poetry By Heart is…
As employers we often talk about the skills gap, about young people entering the workforce unprepared, and about the challenges of recruitment and retention. But…
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