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...
Pupils who strongly disagreed that they belonged at school scored 7.72 points lower on Attainment 8 than those who strongly agreed, almost a full GCSE…
My first job in the civil service was working on the team delivering plans for 14-19 Diplomas in response to the Tomlinson Review. It was a…
The collaboration between the University and London’s largest provider of further education and training is expected to inspire more individuals to consider higher levels of…
London’s largest adult education college, City Lit, has launched its latest campaign, ‘It’s My Time’, encouraging learners to reclaim their time for themselves through education…
A regional college is strengthening its work with the NHS to help address one of Hertfordshire’s biggest workforce challenges after a new county skills report…
New polling for the Milburn review finds half of UK adults believe young people have fewer opportunities than previous generations, with apprenticeships the clear public…
As hundreds of thousands of young people receive their A-level and GCSE results this month, they’re entering a labour market unlike any previous generation. AI…
The Office for National Statistics published its August 2026 labour market figures this morning, covering April to June 2026 for the Labour Force Survey and…
Analysis of gender attainment gaps in T levels and other Level 3 technical qualifications shows that boys are worryingly behind at all levels in exactly…
The Court of Appeal has now delivered its judgment in the Colchester Institute VAT case, and HMRC has confirmed it will not take the matter…
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