Andy Burnham means business. Two weeks into the job, the new Prime Minister has promised to end rough sleeping, fix social care, cap energy bills...
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...
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Nowadays, coach training sessions are still mostly conducted online due to the pandemic. While some people long to return to the pre-COVID reality, others are…
Redcar and Cleveland College has unveiled exciting plans for the development of its Clean Energy Education Hub. The hub will be funded primarily by a…
THE importance of mental health in the workplace has never been more prevalent. But with more and more people based at home or operating in…
Insecure work is “tightening the grip” of structural racism on the labour market and deepening gender inequalities, the TUC has today (Wednesday) warned. The warning…
To Celebrate International Women’s Day (8 March) and Women in Construction Week (6-12 March), Women into Construction held a networking business lunch at the prestigious…
As we mark #InternationalWomensDay, Converge, Scotland’s leading company creation and enterprise programme for the university sector, has launched a month of female focused workshops including…
In National Careers Week (7-12th March) Teach First’s Student Employer Network, a partnership led by four Teach First ambassadors, is urging UK businesses to build…
Over the last year, millions of people’s lives have been disrupted because of the pandemic and more recently Russia’s attack on Ukraine. This has had…
Jobseekers in Devon have an exciting opportunity to embark on a new, well-paid career in the green sector in March 2022 – as one of…
This written statement by Minister for Education and Welsh Language, Jeremy Miles, updates members on recent developments on the UK Government Professional Qualifications Bill: “On…
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