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...
With A-level results announced across the UK last Thursday (13 August), small businesses are being urged to look beyond academic grades when assessing potential new recruits. …
20 August 2026, London: Today, 195,932 BTEC Level 2 results are being issued to students in schools and colleges across the UK. These students, the majority of whom…
Every learner studied and passed at least one technical subject, while more than three quarters of all GCSE grades were at grade 4 or above. …
Hundreds of thousands of pupils across the country are celebrating today after receiving their GCSE and Level 1 and 2 vocational and technical qualification results. Overall,…
Students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are receiving more than 6.5 million Level 1 and 2 results today, as JCQ data shows GCSE outcomes…
COLEG Cambria is on hand to support school pupils receiving their GCSE results today (Thursday). Lecturers, advisors, and admissions staff are ready to offer guidance,…
The State of the Skills Sector 2026 reveals that skills providers largely have confidence in their own performance, but far less certainty about policy, funding,…
Cameron Bee is one of the scores of adult students who are celebrating success after completing an access course at The Sheffield College. Cameron is…
ONE of the UK’s largest further education colleges is expanding its adult learning offer as demand grows for flexible skills and qualifications across the Wales-England…
Many supply teachers and teaching assistants are staying in education because of the flexibility supply work offers, according to new research from Affinity Workforce Solutions.…
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