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...
“ Employers from sectors across the economy and across industry gathered to find out just who was the best employer of apprentices this year. The…
“ The Sector Skills Council (SSC) for the Lifelong Learning Sector has unanimously endorsed the findings of the TUC report, “Ready, Willing and Able”, published…
“ The Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) plan to relocate thousands of jobs to the South West of England have resulted in hundreds of union members…
“The Fire Brigade Union has launched its draft Skills for Life – A Whole Organisation Approach strategy at its Union Learning Representatives” Conference at the…
“The Learning Skills Council(LSC) has launched a new advertising campaign urging employers to invest in training through the skills brokerage service Train to Gain. The…
“Figures released today which show a halt in the decline in the number of students taking A levels in languages are to be welcomed as…
“The majority of parents would like to see compulsory vocational learning in schools according to a new survey. However, the research by educational foundation Edge…
“Unionlearn in the Southern and Eastern Region of the TUC (SERTUC) covers the Government Office areas of East of England, London, and South East England.…
“Employment Partnership helps claimants find workThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Peter Hain has recently met with a number of former claimants of…
“FE News have just launched www.SearchFE.co.uk Search FE is an education directory service for the Further Education and Work Based Learning industry. SearchFE has been…
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