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...
It’s all about the learner, and building a culture of lifelong learning.
As the nation’s students gear up for the start of their university life or a new term, it’s important that they don’t overlook their financial…
Team UK achieved tenth place winning: 4 medals (2 silver and 2 bronze) and 12 Medallions for Excellence (awarded to those competitors who achieve 700…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 763, September 14th, 2024. Really shocking figures from the AoC Mental Health report this week, with 30% of Colleges Reporting…
Glion Institute of Higher Education and Alumni Association Glion (AAG) have launched the second edition of the Glion Alumni Accelerator Program. Following the success of…
At London South East Colleges (LSEC), our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) is woven into the fabric of everything we do. We firmly…
The scale of the mental health and suicide crisis among young adults has been laid bare in new research published by the Association of Colleges…
Education is a fast-paced environment, constantly developing in terms of culture, technology and innovation. It’s an ethos that Dumfries and Galloway College (DGC) has always…
Following a significant increase in the number of students taught through subcontractual partnerships in England, the Office for Students (OfS) publishes an Insight brief today…
“I hadn’t even considered having my own business until I attended the Business Management class while studying Animal Care at Borders College. The more I…
A pioneering Postgraduate Research student at the University of Chester(@uochester) is fostering a more inclusive environment to support Black women in academia. Chiedza Ikpeh is…
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