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...
In November 2025, in schools and colleges across England, well over 160,000 GCSE English and Maths entries were sat in the autumn series, a figure…
Students at Middlesbrough College’s TTE Centre are set to benefit from a major donation of specialist industrial equipment from SABIC, helping to enhance training opportunities…
Not-for-profit organisation Fedcap marked Employability Day 2026 by showcasing how it is creating opportunities for individuals and families facing barriers to work by integrating education,…
A Gower College Swansea lecturer has been revealed as a Silver award winner in the prestigious Pearson Teaching Awards 2026. Andrea Davies was nominated for…
New mid-year report on skilled trades & allied health, from Validated Insights, shows trade school revenue and job postings nearly double recent estimates, fueled in…
Leadership development is helping two Assistant Headteachers strengthen provision for pupils with additional learning needs while sharing expertise across schools and support networks. Samantha Stenhoff…
Inspiring Skills Excellence saw a 400% increase in training providers registering learners for Skills Competition Wales this year. Evidencing that for work based learning providers…
A specialist in developing the next generation of early years practitioners has been recognised as part of a UK-wide celebration of excellence in further education. …
Employer engagement has become one of the most talked-about priorities in further education. Colleges are building employer networks, hosting business events, establishing advisory boards and…
Yusuf Ibrahim, Vice Principal at CAVC, takes Alan Milburn’s interim review as a starting point and asks what the Welsh data really tells us about…
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