Provider achievement rates receive significant attention from boards, governors and executive teams because they provide a straightforward indication of overall performance. They are often one...
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...
South Hampshire College Group is playing a key role in delivering the Newton Programme in Gosport, collaborating with international businesses to provide local school pupils…
Leading all-in-one learning platform Rise Up has launched Forge by Rise Up, a new AI performance layer designed to move organisations beyond training and into…
An innovative new construction initiative will see a group of colleges from across Yorkshire and the Humber become partners with the Supply Chain Sustainability School…
New research reveals 61% of SMEs ready to adopt business apprenticeships – but four key barriers stand in the way The majority of small and…
Colleges across Wales are transforming how they tackle misogyny and promote respectful relationships among young people, through an international collaboration made possible by Taith funding.…
Starter jobs are disappearing faster than the wider market, youth unemployment is climbing, and one in three young people outside full time education is now…
George Angus Consulting (GAC) has today launched its Neurodiversity-Supportive Standard (NSS), an independent benchmark for neuro-inclusion in education and work settings, at the 5th Paris…
Hull College’s English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) department has been named a Silver Winner in the Transformational Use of Digital Technology category at…
Britain’s NEET crisis is no longer a warning sign; it is a structural failure. The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures (Jan-March 2026) estimate…
We chat with Amy Harcourt, who was a speaker at the Breaking Barriers collective. Amy reflects from a young person’s perspective, what we need to…
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