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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The panel discussion I chaired on Growth, Skills and Place at the Lifelong Education Institute’s Annual Conference in April brought together a prominent Labour politician…
In January 2024, then Opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer, pledged that a Labour government would end the scandal of worsening child health. There would be…
As generative AI tools become embedded in education and training, we must stop asking if they replace thinking and start asking how they can sharpen…
The Cost of Pragmatism A sacrificial lamb is a symbolic offering, not necessarily the one most deserving of blame, but the one most politically or…
It has been over 8 months since we first heard the Government’s plan to remove funding for a large number of Level 7 apprenticeships. Since…
There’s lots happening in the world of further education and lifelong learning… as always. Skills England has been launched, the apprenticeship levy is being replaced…
The updated Gatsby Benchmarks of good career guidance, recalibrated in Statutory Guidance this month, offer a unique moment to reflect on England’s careers education system,…
The debate on apprenticeships at the Lifelong Education Institute’s Annual Conference brought together four leading voices to assess the state of England’s apprenticeship system. With major…
Petra Wilton reflects on Mental Health Awareness Week by calling for a shift in focus across FE and beyond. As digital tools like wellbeing apps…
We live in interesting times! Personally, this is one of the most exciting times in history that we are living, working and facilitating learning and…
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