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...
“ Minister for the Cabinet Office John Hutton recently made the case for further reform of public services to achieve social justice and equality of…
“ The Trade Union Congress (TUC) is holding its 4-day annual Congress next week and Messrs Marsh and Byrne are going to be there to…
“ The lecturers at thirteen colleges have voted overwhelmingly to go out on strike on the 25th of May, after waiting for thirteen months for…
“ As the members of NATFHE leave their annual conference, the pay dispute continues over the failure of colleges up and down the country to…
“ “I going to tea” or “I am going to tea” are both equally comprehendible, though the latter statement would be given the credit of…
“ A new report by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has suggested that efforts to promote cooperation between different elements of the education and…
“ The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has announced the budgeted funding for the FE sector in the academic year 2005/2006, which was set out…
“ The world surrounding the venue may have been warmed by the beaming sunshine for the majority of the Association of Colleges (AoC) conference in…
“ As part of its remit to further the skills development, Skillset have announced a new Sector Skills Agreement for the film, TV, and interactive…
“ Having spoken to the audience about the Agenda for Change and the best way for the sector to progress in a new funding environment,…
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