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...
“Gordon Brown today backed shopworkers union Usdaw’s innovative Lifelong Learning scheme that has given 10,000 retail staff a chance to boost their basic skills.The Chancellor…
“ In what promises to be an unpleasant week for suffers of dyslexia with a Channel 4 documentary claiming that the condition does not exist…
“ Echoing the statement from Prime Minister Tony Blair that the new “Respect” campaign was to be a cornerstone of Government policy, Scottish First Minister…
“ The Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA) released its framework last week to radically transform qualifications and training programmes in the UK. The proposal sets…
“ This weekend sees the annual conference of NATFHE, The University and College Lecturer’s Union, which takes place in Eastbourne on Saturday the 28th of…
“ The Home Secretary’s speech at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton last week set out his plans and intentions in continuing the Government’s mission…
“ A report published last week by Improve, the food and drink Sector Skills Council (SSC), will make yet more depressing reading for employers and…
“ Filton College in Bristol has been awarded the prestigious Matrix Standard award by the Guidance Accreditation Board, the first Further Education college in the…
“Online learning is not something new. Many United States universities use it as their main source of teaching. In fact at some schools, you can…
“ In an interview at the Association of Colleges (AoC) conference last week, FE News reporter Nadine Monem had a chance to speak with NUS…
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