In 2026 the job market feels uncertain for many people entering the workforce. The UK unemployment rate has risen to a near five-year high. At...
Rising youth unemployment highlights growing complexity for practitioners. This article explores how recent reforms, system challenges and frontline insight shape what’s needed to support young...
Skills shortages in construction are not a new problem. For at least ten years, we have been grappling with this issue, and the CITB is...
The need for a third post-16 Level 3 pathway, providing a middle ground between A Levels and T Levels, has long been clear. The dual-track...
Could you get a hot meal for £2.61? That’s what the government are expecting colleges to do by freezing the funding for free meals for the poorest students. The reality...
The Department for Education has now published more of its policy decisions that shape the future for technical qualifications at Level 3 and below in...
In this article, Dr Lucy Atkinson, Director of the Centre for Academic Persistence at Arden University, explores if, and how, providers can use gamification to...
As the workplace continues to evolve at pace, one thing is clear: our skills system needs to keep up. The government’s recent announcement of V...
Each year, thousands of young people leave school and face their first real decision about their future in an economy increasingly shaped by digital technology...
Vicki Stokes, Head of the School of Education at the University of Sunderland, has shared how she thinks the Government’s recently released Schools White Paper:...
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Sector leaders have reacted with disappointment to the Department for Education’s 16 to 19 funding guidance for 2026 to 2027, published yesterday, which confirmed a…
During a recent Ofqual seminar, many Awarding Organisations raised concerns that the timetable for ‘first teach’ of V Levels risked producing an inferior qualification with…
An additional £40.5 million of funding has been allocated this year to support essential capital repairs and maintenance across schools, colleges and universities in Wales.…
Mature learners have long been treated as a single, uniform category within further and higher education. In reality, they are one of the most varied…
Which qualifications are being defunded, and when? What providers need to know about the V Levels rollout. The government has confirmed the first V Level…
Young people will be able to take the very first V Levels in education, finance, and digital in 2027, under landmark reforms to help young people secure well-paid jobs. Too many…
Britain’s manufacturers are urging the Government to be far bolder on the pace of skills reforms or, risk the future success of the Industrial Strategy…
There is no shortage of ambition in the UK’s skills system. The government’s commitment to provide free AI training to 10 million workers by 2030,…
More young people in Wales will be eligible for Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) from September. The Welsh Government forecasts that at least 1,500 more 16-…
Students and staff will receive stronger protections against extremism, harassment and intimidation on campus, as the government sets out new measures to support universities in keeping students…
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