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 learning and skills sector is gearing up for the next STAR Awards already, and is seeking nominations from the sector for inspirational characters…
“ Colleges, hospitals and adult education centres look set to reap the rewards of a massive financial windfall ““ to the tune of £5 million.…
“ Inspections can often be a dreaded event that signals massive upheaval for underperforming organisations. With Sir Andrew Foster recommending an even shorter period for…
“ As part of the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI’s) Equality Bill, a Gender Equality Duty has been released for consultation, which will become…
“ Pay and gender inequality were high on the agenda at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Young Member’s Conference held recently in Eastbourne. The TUC…
“ “There is a long way to go to raise skills and qualification levels for young people and adults to world standards.”
“ Industry and government entered into a happy collaboration last month at an event organised by the British Learning Association (BLA) and supported by UK…
“ UK Skills has called on organisations that have recorded success in education or business training to enter the 2006 edition of the National Training…
“ Rehabilitation, and in particular the prevention of re-offending, are two of the major issues currently facing Britain’s penal system. In the past few months,…
“ The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown MP, yesterday faced the House of Commons for his Budget Announcement which seems to have focussed the…
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