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...
“A company set up seven years ago to help the unemployed find jobs has been awarded a £6 million contract from the Learning and Skills…
“Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a further commitment to vocational training today, announcing new grants of at least £3,000 to assist those on apprenticeship programmes.…
“ When I launched my first report as Chief Inspector of adult learning five years ago the headlines were grim: 60% of work-based learning inadequate;…
“ An old adage states that “two heads are better than one”. This is once again evident in the trade union movement, it seems, as…
“ The management of funds and resources grows ever more complex with each passing day, and nowhere are the difficulties more acutely felt than within…
In a recent survey commissioned by Ofsted, independent researchers polled more than 500 workers between the ages of 20 and 30 years old. Respondents were…
“ Growing demands being placed on individuals in the workplace are being recognised by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) Education department in their decision to…
“ The Institute of Linguistics is getting a name change. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II granted a petition allowing the Institute to become incorporated which…
“ Britain’s largest union has announced today that it is ready and willing to open up their learning centres to the private sector in a…
“ The National Ecumenical Agency in Further Education (NEAFE) and Faiths in FE Forum (FIFEF) will be hosting a conference on “Leadership in a Pluralist…
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