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 Association Of South East Colleges (AOSEC) has announced the retirement of Chief Executive Breyan Knowles this month. After many years in both music…
“ A new Faith Communities Toolkit was launched this week at a conference with keynote speaker Bill Rammell MP, the Minister of State for Lifelong…
“ The Adventist Development and relief Agency (ADRA) have announced a new initiative to help young mothers to develop the skills needed to be financially…
“ FE News is still young, and still a growing organisation. Much as further education has grown in the public consciousness and in political importance,…
“ A new toolkit aiming to encourage the delivery of challenging and engaging programmes at Level 2 has been launched across the United Kingdom this…
“ The latest Government Green Paper on Welfare and Benefit Reform has indicated a further push from the State to bring more people off incapacity…
“ The Learning Skills Council (LSC) has rejected a suggestion by the Greater London Authority (GLA) that the responsibility for the LSC should be devolved…
“ The April press conference at Downing Street to promote attracting foreign students, writes Paul Keely, FE News Reporter, gave us an insight into Tony…
“ If the 1212 Olympics are not enough to satisfy your thirst for the blood, sweat and tears of vicious contest then fear not; the…
“ Fitness and health is an issue that has exercised many of us in recent months, especially as concern grows that we are simply becoming…
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