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...
A PROMINENT landscape supply firm laid the ground for improvements at a blooming wildlife garden. Organised by Alyn and Deeside MS Jack Sargeant, Sealand-based Dandy’s…
A TECH-savvy Teesside tutor has launched a micro robotics kit that is set to transform STEM learning. Dr Anwar Bashir, computing tutor at Middlesbrough College, has been developing the hardware…
Inspirational students who have shown resilience and dedication were recognised at the annual New City College Student Achievement Awards ceremony on Wednesday. Former student Victor…
A new pioneering creative industries campus and facility for post-16 education will open in Aldgate, London next September, in response to the rapid growth of…
Universities across the UK are today insisting they can play a bigger role in generating economic growth and are calling on the new Prime Minister,…
Back in August, UK rental guarantor service Housing Hand warned of a ‘tsunami of students’ struggling to find university accommodation, with Chief Operating Officer Graham…
One of the region’s leading experts in public health will share his extensive knowledge at the University of Chester. Professor Ian Ashworth, who was appointed…
Media students from SERC’s Downpatrick campus had the opportunity to learn from a leader in the industry at a recent masterclass in broadcast production. Dougie…
Coventry University is continuing its commitment to the Arts by launching an innovative new module that will explore the changing world of work and give…
The relocation of Brecon Beacons College (part of NPTC Group of Colleges) to Brecon town centre presents a major opportunity for local employers to engage…
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