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...
Year 10 students from six schools across Surrey recently swapped the classroom for property development and construction, in a hands-on work experience course created by…
With the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham MP appointed, The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) is calling on the Government to put business growth at…
The Report from the Breaking Barriers Collective sets out six recommendations, from a national transition framework to a Youth Opportunity Strategy across government, as more…
So we have had the latest ONS Labour Market Data released today (March to May 2026). This is a day after we have had Andy…
Six learners from Wales’ independent training providers have been selected to compete in this year’s WorldSkills UK national competition. Following a series of qualifiers, 406…
There is a phrase that gets used a lot in education technology right now, and it rarely means what people think it means. “AI-powered” has…
New Prime Minister Andy Burnham was appointed Prime Minister earlier on Monday (20th July 2026). Where he talked about developing a new political and economic…
Five Telford College apprentices have been shortlisted for the finals of the 2026 Shropshire Telford & Wrekin Apprenticeship Awards. The competition celebrates the brightest apprentices…
London, UK: Monday 20th July – As institutions worldwide intensify their efforts to create frameworks to ensure the responsible deployment of AI technology, UNESCO, the…
The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has welcomed Andy Burnham on becoming Prime Minister today and called on his Government to place skills,…
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