2025: A Whirlwind Year for Skills Policy, What’s Next for 2026?
What a whirlwind 2025 has been for anyone working in skills policy. In addition to the significant changes to apprenticeships, we’ve seen a renewed focus…
Employers
Manufacturers Will Support The PM’s Skills Commitments, But Don’t Ignore Crucial Entry Routes Into Industry
Labour’s new investment in technical skills and apprenticeships signals real ambition for high-value training — but lower-level routes must not be left behind The headline…
Employers Should be at the Heart of DWP’s Approach to Skills
A recent report from the Education Committee warns of funding pressures and apprenticeship barriers. Manufacturers are urging government to ring-fence levy funds and expand incentives,…
Record-breaking T Level enrolment sparks new employer campaign at Wiltshire College
Wiltshire College & University Centre has recorded its highest ever T Level enrolment this summer – prompting the launch of a major new employer campaign…
Unlocking UK Talent: What the May 2025 Skills Gauge from The 5% Club Reveals About the Future of Earn-and-Learn Schemes
The Spring 2025 Skills Gauge – a new, rapid-fire, and agile Employer and Skills pulse survey from The 5% Club – provides a vital snapshot of employer…
How Degree Apprenticeships can help to get Workers with Lifelong Skills
National Apprenticeship Week is approaching, with this year’s theme being ‘skills for life’. In this article, we hear from Steven Hurst, Director of Corporate Learning…
The False Narrative Between Entry-level and Degree-level Apprenticeships Is a Distraction from the Real Task at Hand
The concept of apprenticeships, traditionally viewed as a means of accessing vocational training, has been recently framed as competition between lower and higher levels. This…
Alarming decline in apprenticeships worsens health and social care crisis
Training providers and employers say a sharp decline in apprenticeships is escalating the health and social care sector workforce crisis in Wales, following this year’s…
Bridging the Gap: How FE Can Partner with Employers to Meet Critical Skills Shortages
In an era where skills shortages threaten to undermine the UK’s economic growth, the traditional pathway of university education is increasingly being questioned. While academic…
Government needs to Provide Greater Direction to the Skills System
The Industry and Regulators Committee of the House of Lords has been taking evidence on the future skills that the country will need for growth…