It seems everyone in Greater Manchester has an Andy Burnham Story. Mine starts backstage at Parklife festival in 2017. I was fortunate enough to be...
Employers understand the need for skills. They experience recruitment pressures, changing technology and gaps in workforce capability directly. What many understand less clearly, is how...
The Breaking Barriers report is absolutely right to focus on building more bridges into work for young people and moving the debate away from cliff...
On Tuesday last week, the Prime Minister announced plans to put technical education on an equal footing with academic study. There was more focus on...
In the first three months of 2026, the number of young people in the UK who were not in education, employment or training (NEETs) passed...
The recent FE News special feature for Youth Employment Week rightly celebrated the employers who are working hard to open doors for young people, showcasing...
Lord Agnew, Chair of the House of Lords special inquiry Numeracy for Life Committee provides an update on the Committee’s year-long inquiry. The cross-party House of Lords Numeracy for Life...
September marks the three-year anniversary of the Green Changemakers programme and we have learned so much in that time. On this quiet morning in my...
It has been nine months since the House of Lords Social Mobility Policy Committee, which I chaired, published its report ‘Social mobility: Local roots, lasting...
As budgets tighten and campus capacity shrinks, hybrid models offer a practical way to deliver exams at scale. As higher and further education institutions across...
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A new, first of its kind pilot has been launched to support care leavers in Salford to get online and benefit from the opportunities the…
Young actor Daniel Laurie, famous for his role as Reggie in BBC’s Call the Midwife, has called on businesses to recognise the many benefits of…
Despite efforts to increase the number of women in top jobs, female representation on the boards of the UK’s biggest companies remains low while women…
The changing landscape of teaching Well-trained professionals are becoming a scarce resource around the world and teachers are no exception. There is a constant shortage…
The Minister for Education and Welsh Language, Jeremy Miles, has announced that funding for mental health and well-being support for school staff will be trebled…
The Chancellor has delivered the Spring Statement in Parliament today (23 Mar). The Chancellor highlighted that UK employers are spending just half the European average…
Traditional 18-month graduate recruitment programmes favoured by large employers are in need of modernisation to stay relevant post-pandemic, according to a new study. Highered, the…
Socialising with people in work who have emotionally demanding jobs is highly likely to make your job also emotionally demanding through association, according to new…
A new report warns that there is a substantial risk that teacher recruitment targets will not be met this year across a large range of…
GetApp surveyed over 1000 employees to better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected mental health in the workplace, whilst analysing its long-lasting implications on…
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