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 next twelve months for independent learning providers look very promising in terms of having a major role in delivering the Government’s skills strategy,…
“ The best of the best were honoured at a special awards lunch and ceremony in Greater Manchester to recognise their sterling work in the…
“ Discovery Online, one of the UK’s leading e ““ learning specialist companies, is set to expand following the successful completion of a learning solution…
North East Worcestershire College – a further education provider and a Centre of Vocational Excellence, for management and professional studies- is creating an additional revenue…
“ As the new pilot schemes of the Offenders” Learning and Skills Service begin their one year development period, FE News reporter Michael Lloydlooks at…
“ The governing, funding and representative bodies of the further education sector in Scotland are largely similar to their English counterparts. There are governmental and…
“ An innovative project funded by European Social Funding (ESF), aiming to provide educational support for students with alcohol problems has had encouraging result in…
“ The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has come in for some criticism for its handling of educational funding in recent weeks, being associated in…
“ From across the continent, leaders and learners in adult education gathered to share their experiences and knowledge of the sector in Hull last week…
“ Tribal Technology, an IT company that provides service to 40% of the FE sector, has announced that it has now completed its takeover of…
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