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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hundoLAB is the research and development arm of the award-winning workforce skillsdevelopment platform hundo. It is a laboratory for innovation and change, committed toadvancing straightforward…
In the first article in this series of three, I explored the disability employment gap (DEG), highlighting the systemic barriers, hiring biases, and workplace inaccessibility…
When I look at the faces of young people across Wales today, I’m reminded of my own journey. The uncertainty, the hope… but more importantly,…
Following ETF’s Further Forward Leaders Conference, Dr Vikki Smith, Executive Director of Education and Standards at The Education and Training Foundation, reviews key themes on…
My exploration of unseen observations started a decade ago. As part of my QTLS research I found a TES article about unseen observations written by…
Students are increasingly falling victim to AI-driven exploitation, whilst others are unknowingly committing serious offences by creating and sharing explicit content. How can we combat…
This article is the first in a three-part series exploring the disability employment gap. Closing this gap starts at school, where early interventions and inclusive…
As I reflect on my first 6 months in my newly created role as Minister for Further and Higher Education, I am continually struck by…
The recent government release on apprenticeship achievement rates serves as a crucial reminder of the journey many providers undertake to improve their Qualification Achievement Rates…
I’ve been having some very interesting discussions on LinkedIn about funding education in the UK and whether merging the UK’s four separate qualifications regulators into…
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