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...
“ The TUCs (Trades Union Congress) learning and skills organisation has been awarded a matrix Excellence Award in recognition of its high standards in delivery…
“ Conservative MP John Hayes has outlined his party’s policy for pushing the skills and vocational agenda by calling on Labour’s shortcomings. Speaking to the…
“ The government has pledged to put prisoners at the centre of learning citing employability as a major tenet of its offender skills policy. Skills…
“ A Derbyshire training organisation’s staff and learners were all delighted when the Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI) Chief Inspector David Sherlock awarded them five highest…
“ Sydney Alfred Jones may be 90 years of age, but this has not stopped him from passing a “Clueless About Computers” course at West…
“ Cornwall’s tourism industry is looking to boost its image through languages. The area is offering hoteliers and others the opportunity to learn other languages…
“ The National Center for Languages (CILT) is using a speech by Sir Digby Jones to remind the British public of the importance of language…
“ If your career is taking a backseat or maybe you are seeking solace from heartbreak, then the Government’s careers service for young people, Connexions,…
“ Students at Coleg Llandrillo have had the unique opportunity to assist with a conservation project, organised by the National Trust, being carried out in…
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