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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...
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The UK will need hundreds of thousands of new construction workers in the coming years to meet demand for housing, infrastructure and clean energy projects....
The debate about whether AI belongs in education is rapidly becoming redundant. The more important question is what education does now that AI is already...
Young people not in education, employment or training have often missed out on opportunities to develop essential employment skills. The Nuffield Foundation has launched a...
100,000 placements is a welcome start. Who helps young people get to day one? In thirty-five years working in careers guidance, I have watched a...
Term has started, and colleges are still settling timetables and filling gaps in delivery. It's a good moment to look at who's teaching under subcontracted...
New schemes announced today to offer 18-24-year-olds work experience with some of Britain’s biggest Defence firms Builds on £182 million...
Pearson today launched new research, For Every Future: Preparing Early-Career Skilled Trade, Technical and Service Talent for an AI-Infused World, at...
New Vocational GCSEs for students to study vocational courses at school, with nationally-set content, grading and assessment, alongside a strong...
Nation’s top employers step forward to help more young people into work, spearheaded by Alan Milburn Royal Mail, Octopus Energy,...
The future workforce needs technical confidence, but it also needs the human capabilities that help people keep learning, thinking and...
Adult Learners’ Week – September 21-27 - offers a timely chance to celebrate individuals across Wales who have changed their...
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 865: 19th September 2026. Do We Actually Know What Learners Need and Employers Want? This...
More than 400 schools in disadvantaged communities to benefit from £22.5m investment and tailored support to help expand access to...
The number of job vacancies in the UK has fallen to 702,000, the lowest figure recorded outside the coronavirus pandemic...
Updated London Local Skills Improvement Plan comes as demand for digital talent surges and the city records the highest regional...
40,000 young people across the UK will be offered opportunities and employment in skilled Defence careers every year by 2030, rising to 50,000 by 2035, following…
For employers, investing in the development of their workforce is increasingly becoming an important part of building a resilient and capable business. Skills needs continue…
Pearson today launched new research, For Every Future: Preparing Early-Career Skilled Trade, Technical and Service Talent for an AI-Infused World, at the WorldSkills InternationalConference 2026 in Shanghai.…
When you think of career progression it’s likely one word comes to mind – promotion. But as the next generation take centre stage in the…
BUSINESSES across North Wales and the border counties are being encouraged to tap into bespoke training designed around the health, wellbeing and development needs of…
“As Wales continues to shape its future skills system, it’s more important than ever that policymakers understand the value that apprenticeships and work-based learning bring…
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…
Every young person across the country will be able to pursue prestigious new Vocational GCSEs and access work experience in a major shake-up of the…
Exeter College is celebrating a record year for progression into some of the UK’s most competitive university courses. From the Class of 2025/26, a record…
Training experts Learnmore have unveiled new marketing apprenticeship programmes to meet the demand from employers looking to upskill staff. Open to colleagues working in any…
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