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...
Mental health and wellbeing in the workplace, classroom and in life!
Itec Skills and Employment proudly celebrated the achievements of its 2026 apprenticeship graduates at a special graduation ceremony on 3 September, bringing together learners, employers,…
As we head towards Adult Learners’ Week, the theme of ‘Never Stop Learning’ feels particularly relevant to the conversations I’m having with employers. Not because…
Yassmein Hussein is making a valuable contribution to the Cardiff community where she lives as she strives to improve her skills, confidence and knowledge through…
South Devon College has officially launched its new Enhanced Provision Pathway (EPP), a specialist provision designed to re-engage high-needs young people who are currently not…
Leading industry bodies say electrical installation apprenticeship remains the only safe and proven route to becoming properly qualified SELECT and the Scottish Joint Industry Board…
Daniel Mason has credited adult learning with pulling him through “the toughest two years of my life” and setting him on a pathway to a…
Georgia Miggins is determined to become a music therapy teacher and is already inspiring other young people with additional learning needs to believe in their…
A social care professional whose flourishing career was ended abruptly by illness has won a national award for adult learners. Julia Anderson, from Tredegar, was…
NCG has retained the National Network for the Education of Care Leavers (NNECL) Quality Mark, becoming the first college group in the UK to successfully…
A community interest company based on a working farm near Wrexham is delivering learning programmes that help people develop employability and life skills, improve wellbeing,…
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