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...
Carter & Carter, the training provider for the automotive industry, has announced the acquisition of Assa Training and Learning for the sum of £24.2 million,…
“ Animal welfare and protection were on the agenda recently at an event hosted by students from Warwickshire College’s Rugby Centre to celebrate the completion…
“ According to a report published by the Forum on Prisoner Education (FPE), prison educators are earning up to 10% less than their colleagues in…
“ Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) has taken the lead in plugging the skills gap in Wales. LLUK, the new Sector Skills Council (SSC) responsible for…
“ As the Further Education sector continues to come to terms with the announcement from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) that they intend to…
“ An independently chaired review has cleared the National Union of Students (NUS) of being apathetic to anti-Semitism. The UK’s largest student representative body has…
“ West Cheshire College are to build upon their relationship with the Royal Mail by offering the company’s employees the opportunity to study for basic…
“ Pitman Training, one of the leading providers of office and IT based skills training in Britain, has announced a number of new offices to…
“ The University and College Lecturers” Union, NATFHE, held an event to celebrate Black History Month on Thursday 27th October. The event, which took place…
“ The Trades Unions Congress (TUC) has taken a significant step towards protecting everyone involved in the workplace and guaranteeing the fair treatment of all…
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