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...
Harrow, Richmond and Uxbridge Colleges (HRUC) is proud to announce the launch of the UK’s first ever Higher National Certificate (HNC) programme for Data Centre…
South & City College Birmingham is proud to continue its valued partnership with Solus Ceramics, one of the UK’s leading architectural tile suppliers based in…
A new programme of Skills Bootcamps launched by Northampton College will tackle the construction sector’s skills shortage by bringing together employers, industry leaders and education…
A striking new mural co-designed by students at The Sheffield College to celebrate the spirit of the city has been unveiled. Focussing on the city’s…
THE humble jacket potato is enjoying an unlikely renaissance. Fuelled by the social media success of viral street food sensations such as Spud Bros and…
NCFE chief executive David Gallagher has died following a cancer diagnosis. A passionate champion of education and skills, David leaves behind a remarkable legacy of…
Four Manchester Metropolitan University students have been named Grand Winners at GRAILS 2026, an annual competition inviting student teams to become pioneers in defining and…
When Prime Minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham walks into Number 10- be that Downing Street or the ‘Number 10 of the north’ in Manchester- what should his…
The idea that a career in research is becoming obsolete is easy to understand. It is also wrong, but not for the reasons you might expect. Behind the debate about research careers lies a more…
Learners at a men’s prison near Liverpool have worked with a socially engaged artist and education provider Novus to design, weld and install a permanent…
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