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...
“ From where we are sitting at the moment, we”re looking at vocational training from 14 years upwards, so although we are an FE college…
“ A union has issued a stark warning to colleges and universities on fire safety measures, after expressing doubts over employer’s competency and a “doubtful”…
“ Further Education students planning on moving out from their parental homes will be given the chance to air their queries in a live webchat…
“ Unions have slammed government proposals for lecturers to “spy” on students of Muslim origin on campuses in the ongoing battle against extremism. University and…
“ Apprentices can expect to earn an average of £4,000 more per annum than their non-apprentice counterparts, new research has revealed. Analysis that included polling…
“ The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) have launched a website to aid the Department for Education and Skills (DfES)…
“ David Hunter, Chief Executive of Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK), will be holding a series of talks with MPS on Monday the 9th January 2006…
“ Apprenticeships are a time ““ honoured means for education and training, bringing people into employment with a speciality for a specific trade for centuries.…
“ The Securities and Investment Institute (SII) has been delighted by the success of the pilot period of its new qualification for the Investment industry,…
“ Peter Pledger, the Chief Executive of the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) London West, spoke at the launch of the Pan London 2 (PL2)…
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