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 highly successful training programme run by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) London Central has been recognised by judges at a regional ceremony…
“ Speaking at the Association of Colleges (AoC) Conference in a sunlit Birmingham today, the Secretary of State for Education, Ruth Kelly MP, announced that…
“ The awards for Further Education Colleges (the Beacon Awards) announced at the Association of Colleges (AoC) Conference have been welcomed by the Learning and…
“ Apprenticeships are at the forefront of the Government’s declared policy for improving the nation’s skills. In the first of a two part series, FE…
“ The quest for the outstanding Apprentice and Employer for 2006 has begun, it was announced by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC). Nominations are…
“ Further Education has a penchant for jargon and an aptitude for not turning the frown upside down. We at FE News are committed to…
“ In the recent Annual Report on education and training in Wales for 2004 – 2005 by Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, work based learning was…
“ Tribal Education was awarded two contracts worth £50 million by the school’s watchdog Ofsted for the provision of inspection services in delivering school inspections.…
“ As the new pilot schemes of the Offenders” Learning and Skills Service begin their one year development period, FE News reporter Michael Lloydlooks at…
“A groundbreaking new pilot scheme that allows 14-year-olds to start working towards a Business Administration Apprenticeship (BAA) will reach the end of its first year…
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