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...
“ An awards ceremony is being held in London on the 25th of May to celebrate the successes of Adult Learning as part of Adult…
“ The Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA) has raised further concerns at the sidelining of diversity awareness concerns in their new report, finding that…
“ With two major reviews of the Further Education sector on the horizon ““ in November, the much anticipated Foster Review will report on reform…
“ On Tuesday, The Brewery on Chiswell Street, London, played host to the national STAR Awards ceremony for the Further Education sector in learning and…
“Newcastle College’s Executive and NATFHE Branch Officers have agreed to use the services of ACAS to try and resolve the trade dispute over pay. Both…
“ After speaking for some thirty minutes to the delegates at the Association of Colleges (AoC) 16 ““ 19 Summer Conference in Stratford ““ upon…
“ FFORWM ““ the organisation that represents the FE sector in Wales ““ has welcomed the findings of a new study into Post-16 learning provision.…
“ Suffolk College brickwork trainees secured an outstanding win in a recent SKILL BUILD competition, held in Great Yarmouth. The event, which took place at…
“ A union has warned that a planned closure of an award-winning physics department would “make a mockery” of the UK’s support for sciences. The…
“ Reliability and commitment are just as important to employers as academic qualifications, according to research into small businesses. The interim results of the surveys…
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