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...
“ 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…
In the wake of the news of the previous week, when the decision was announced to close the Learndirect Centre operating through the Bracknell and…
“ The Training Foundation was formed in 1998 to empower all those involved in training and to empower others, operating the leading national skills certification…
Prior to its launch at the World of Learning Conference & Exhibition in November, the British Learning Association’s (BLA’s) Quality Mark has received a welcome…
“ 35 further education colleges from the South West gathered together for the first time recently to attend a conference focused on communicating best practice.…
“ A study produced by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Monday has highlighted a growing desire for training within the workforce, and with it…
“ Further Education is growing. More and more people both rely on it for their education and training, and for their employment as trainers, instructors,…
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