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...
North London Collegiate School (NLCS) today (1 November) announces the appointment of Vicky Bingham to the position of Headmistress. Vicky will be the 10th Headmistress…
There have been several surveys on the comparison of foreign language skills, but there is no current, reliable international data on how English is learnt…
The sector’s social action campaign – Good for Me Good for Me – is today launching its #FestiveFEFoodbankFriday appeal in the run up to Christmas.…
If you struggle to concentrate when reading online content, you’re not alone. Studies show that since the advent of the internet, our attention spans have…
National Tutoring Programme 2022 to 2023 performance statistics (interim publication).Read More
National Tutoring Programme AY 2021 to 2022 final performance statistics.Read More
West London College Public Services students are celebrating Rainbow Laces Season (19 – 31 October) today. In their theory session this morning (31 October), the…
University of Brighton’s newly-launched Strength and Conditioning BSc (Hons) has received professional standard endorsements from a key agency in the sector. Within weeks of the…
Overview Skills Bootcamps are free courses for adults typically lasting up to 16 weeks, available across a range of sectors. They help people develop priority…
The legacy of the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the need to get more children to swim will be among the hot topics covered at a…
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