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...
When you think of career progression it’s likely one word comes to mind – promotion. But as the next generation take centre stage in the…
BUSINESSES across North Wales and the border counties are being encouraged to tap into bespoke training designed around the health, wellbeing and development needs of…
“As Wales continues to shape its future skills system, it’s more important than ever that policymakers understand the value that apprenticeships and work-based learning bring…
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…
Every young person across the country will be able to pursue prestigious new Vocational GCSEs and access work experience in a major shake-up of the…
Exeter College is celebrating a record year for progression into some of the UK’s most competitive university courses. From the Class of 2025/26, a record…
Training experts Learnmore have unveiled new marketing apprenticeship programmes to meet the demand from employers looking to upskill staff. Open to colleagues working in any…
The Classroom at Cardiff and Vale College has been named the winner of the AA College Restaurant of the Year Award 2026, following a prestigious…
JTL apprentices Ethan Timmins and Samuel Leonard have been named among the top three finalists in the country for the prestigious ECA Edmundson Apprentice of…
CPRMB publishes second report from landmark review of boys’ education outcomes across high-income countries. The Centre for Policy Research on Men and Boys (CPRMB) has…
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