Recently, I visited PET-Xi in Coventry, and I left with a feeling I know all too well: admiration, frustration and a deep sense of déjà...
Practitioners, leaders, researchers and advocates gathered in London to do something the sector urgently needed: not just name the problem, but co-design the route out...
There’s a gulf between where many NEET young people are and where employers need them to be so that they can thrive in a job. The UK must find ways to bridge that gulf -...
Alan Milburn’s Young People and Work interim report should land as a national alarm bell. Nearly one million young people are now not in education,...
UK government and organisations are constantly discussing ongoing skills shortages and apprenticeships and employability, yet one of the biggest untapped resources that often gets overlooked...
The Level 4 AI and Automation Practitioner apprenticeship launched by Skills England has arrived at a difficult moment for the FE sector. The management apprenticeship...
The term NEET has long been used as shorthand for young people who are Not in Education, Employment or Training. It is often framed as...
New apprenticeship reforms could play an important role in improving diversity across the UK workforce, particularly as policymakers seek to widen access to skilled careers and address persistent barriers...
This article was written by Laura-Jane Rawlings MBE DL, CEO & Founder of Youth Employment UK. It explores the growing youth unemployment crisis in the...
Alan Milburn’s interim findings from his Independent Review, Young People and Work, published yesterday, warn of a growing generational fault line, with more than one...
“ The ongoing trials and tribulations of the Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott MP may capture many more headlines, but one of the results of…
“ Language training is firmly on the agenda, both for learners and for the teachers and training providers who will have to train them in…
“ In response to the Government’s recent Further Education White paper promoting excellence in the sector, the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has launched a…
“ For the casual observer looking over to the United States from our side of that grand old pond, it can sometimes seem that education…
“ A £3.5 billion fund designated for Britain’s beleaguered workforce has published a report detailing the characteristics of its beneficiaries, the Department of Work and…
“ A national organisation for adult learning has awarded five institutions with the prestigious Fred Moore award, to recognise their sensitivity and innovation in reaching…
“ No one should underestimate the importance of the skills crisis all of us in FE are facing. But the recent complaining by employers about…
“ One of the largest colleges in the UK has won a coveted spot to play rugby in front of 65,000 people at an England…
“ An organisation representing manufacturers across the nation has blasted government policies in further education as “a muddled landscape with excessive bureaucracy”, in a report…
Today’s curriculum is highly prescriptive and students are being forced into two “parallel” systems offering little choice, according to the Liberal Democrats. Sarah Teather MP,…
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