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...
Plans to deliver jobs across the UK by unlocking the full economic potential of Britain’s defence sector are set to be unveiled today (8 July…
UK nations are failing to provide a coherent and equitable education offer for 16-19 year olds, new research finds Constant Policy Churn, Fragmented Pathways, And…
Kirstie Donnelly, CEO of City & Guilds, discusses the UK construction sector’s chronic skills crisis threatening government housing targets. Despite £625 million government investment, she…
Created by Youth Employment UK, Youth Employment Week is a chance for organisations to champion inclusive opportunities for young people. Last year, the education charity…
Midlands-based multidisciplinary engineering firm adi Group proudly celebrated the achievements of its latest cohort of pre-apprenticeship students on Thursday 3rd July, with a graduation ceremony held at…
Students at Northampton College have been praised for their “personal and professional progression” during an awards ceremony to recognise their achievements. The annual presentation, held…
Liverpool Theatre School students were treated to a special surprise during their graduation ceremony with a guest appearance from television and stage star Kevin Clifton.…
Digital and creative students from Stoke on Trent College are presenting their work in this year’s end-of-year exhibition Daydreaming, now open to the public at…
Moulton College’s Football Academy students are set to benefit from an exciting new partnership with Wellingborough Town Football Club. The collaboration underpins the College’s aims to…
Employers in Lancashire and Cumbria are having to rethink traditional roles, with digitally savvy homecare assistants and manual workers with programming skills part of a…
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