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...
Nearly six million children and young people can now access mental health support in their school or college. This is around 800,000 more pupils than last…
Oaklands College will be the educational sponsor of Umbrellafest 2026, the annual summer festival organised by Electric Umbrella, taking place on Saturday 20 June in…
A COMMITMENT to learner wellbeing, inclusion and student representation has been recognised with a major national award. A leading North Wales further education provider has…
New research by HR software and eLearning content provider Ciphr has revealed people’s biggest career regrets. Based on a poll of 2,000 UK employees, nearly…
Portland College was delighted to receive a generous donation of 100 laptops from long-term partner Capita, supporting the College’s digital strategy and helping to expand…
Professional technology training and skills provider IN4 Group has secured the contract to deliver TechFirst on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology…
Back in 1877, a leader column in the Times wrote on the rise of a new invention heralded by some as a revolutionary technological development:…
Practitioners, leaders, researchers and advocates gathered in London to do something the sector urgently needed: not just name the problem, but co-design the route out…
A talented hair and beauty duo from Burton and South Derbyshire College (BSDC) have secured places in the regional heats of the prestigious WorldSkills competition.…
Across the Welsh public sector, sustainability is becoming a huge factor in procurement decisions. That means that businesses that can demonstrate credible environmental action are…
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