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...
An online school expert says more needs to be done to help school refusers and has shared his advice for parents following new research by…
@BordersCollege has put various support options in place as students struggle to deal with the cost-of-living crisis. The College’s Student Advice and Students’ Association teams…
The University of Worcester’s Jenny Pinfield and Elaine Swift, discuss how they are supporting the wellbeing of pre-registration nursing, nursing associate and midwifery students, through…
Dumfries and Galloway College is delighted to welcome Bill McMillan as the new Director of Commercial Development. Hamilton-born Bill takes responsibility for marketing as well…
Reading College was delighted to welcome the Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership to our college last week for its annual conference. Attendees from Windsor Forest Colleges…
Projects devised by North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College (NWSLC) to guide school-leavers taking their GCSEs, and to inspire students with career ideas based on…
Higher education organisations are under serious pressure to digitally transform – particularly when it comes to student experience. It will come as a shock to…
The Deputy Speaker of the House has announced that Robin Walker has been elected Chair of the Education Committee. Robin Walker was previously Minister of…
Cardiff and Vale College has made it through as a finalist in the prestigious Association of Colleges (AoC) Beacon Awards. Known as the ‘College Oscars’, the…
Barnsley College is celebrating success as two students were crowned winners in Association of Colleges (AoC) Student Awards at this year’s annual AoC conference. The…
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