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...
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How has world of #remote education delivery changed, but still stayed the same? COVID-19 and the global pandemic certainly has changed the entire world of…
#LoveOurColleges – Colleges sit between students and employers. As they have increased in size through recent mergers, they have become significant anchors within their communities.…
Simon Reichwald, Strategic Lead for Talent at MyKindaFuture, the leading overlooked talent specialist, outlines his thoughts on why apprenticeships need to be seen in a…
“So – What Next?” Shaken not Stirred Is it too early to think post-virus? Pandemics are certainly not the exception in human history, they are in…
I keep hearing the word unprecedented .. ad nauseum. And education is certainly going through unprecedented times. But “unprecedented” shouldn’t be used as an excuse.…
Professor Richard Ryan, one of the world’s leading researchers on human motivation and the co-developer of Self-Determination Theory (SDT), believes the secret to a happier…
Women CEOs: Fighting For Representation This month marks the third annual deadline for UK businesses (over 250 employees) to publish their Gender Pay Gap data.…
The younger generation is both criticised and congratulated for their use of technology at the same time. While excessive exposure to screens can be detrimental…
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought far-reaching change at an unprecedented rate across all aspects of our lives. Post-16 education is no exception and colleges have…
It’s a Wednesday afternoon and I am sat in my study penning this article. I used to say to my staff almost ironically “Welcome to…
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