Andy Burnham's call to put technical education at the heart of the national conversation is a welcome one. His proposal to expand technical pathways and...
Today, thousands of our learners across the country will open their Level 3 and T Level results and take another important step on their career...
Results day is the starting point – not the finish line: how parents and carers can support young people this summer For many families, results...
There are very few moments in a career when you quietly sit back and think, "We've finally got there." Last week was one of those...
Andy Burnham means business. Two weeks into the job, the new Prime Minister has promised to end rough sleeping, fix social care, cap energy bills...
It seems everyone in Greater Manchester has an Andy Burnham Story. Mine starts backstage at Parklife festival in 2017. I was fortunate enough to be...
Employers understand the need for skills. They experience recruitment pressures, changing technology and gaps in workforce capability directly. What many understand less clearly, is how...
The Breaking Barriers report is absolutely right to focus on building more bridges into work for young people and moving the debate away from cliff...
On Tuesday last week, the Prime Minister announced plans to put technical education on an equal footing with academic study. There was more focus on...
In the first three months of 2026, the number of young people in the UK who were not in education, employment or training (NEETs) passed...
“ Employers need to play a major role in the developing workforce. This was the message delivered at the Learning and Skills Council’s Skills Summit…
“ The TUC has issued a joint statement with Asset Skills highlighting the need to improve work ““ based skills provision and the need for…
“ The new Chief Executive of the National Forum of Engineering Centres (NFEC) jumped straight into his new role on Monday 1st of August, throwing…
“ Filton College in Bristol fulfilled the career aspirations of more than 130 international students this autumn, by welcoming applications from around the world. Students…
“ The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has released its Education Annual Report 2005, in which it hails a “period of unprecedented growth” in trade union…
“ 57% of companies polled for a government survey do not use the further education sector to train their employees. Further, 82% did not associate…
“ The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has commissioned the Centre for Excellence and Leadership (CEL) to support its National Employee Training Programme (NETP),…
“ At the Association of Colleges (AoC) Conference in Birmingham today, the Secretary of State for Education, Ruth Kelly MP, announced that the Government will…
“ One of the UK’s largest manufacturing firms, United Biscuits (UB), is hoping to boost skills in the manufacturing sector by offering young people advice…
“ A report has found that European Social Fund (ESF) funding helps to bring people from poorer and disadvantaged backgrounds into the workforce and career…
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