Provider achievement rates receive significant attention from boards, governors and executive teams because they provide a straightforward indication of overall performance. They are often one...
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...
“ In a scheme designed to encourage greater participation in education and training, European Social Funding (ESF) of £61,245 has been awarded to the Internet…
“ The National Employer Training Programme is to be rolled out from April next year, following a successful pilot scheme that has seen almost 23,000…
“ A union has expressed its concern over the recent announcement that funding for some short courses including health & safety and first aid will…
“ Welsh Minister Jane Davidson has launched the Welsh Assembly Government’s plan for driving forward the nation’s skills and learning until 2010. As Minister for…
“ [On winning] Winning for me was a big surprise. I feel very happy to be recognised by my mentor; the person who nominated me…
“ Language leaders within the further education sector write exclusively for FE News. Lee Knapp, Development Manager with the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations outlines…
“ The UK’s skills deficit is costing the economy up to an astonishing £80 billion per year, equivalent to over £1,300 per person. Chief Executive…
A new training initiative has been announced to help to guarantee that farmers meet the guidelines in Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC). The new…
“ In the ongoing saga of local post ““ 16 education provision, the East Sussex County Council have called on the Government to explain itself…
“ Around the country, quite literally thousands of students are biting their nails and sweating on their A Level results, which are released later today…
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