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Britain’s clean energy plans are racing ahead, its skills system is miles behind

Billions are being invested in offshore wind, hydrogen and nuclear, but without a national clean energy skills ecosystem the UK risks bottlenecks, cost overruns and a historic missed chance to re-industrialise

Opinion, Skills reform

WorldSkills UK national finals: Welsh colleges top 2025 medal table

‘The future of the economy’ honoured as gold, silver and bronze medals awarded after a tough week of national skills competition finals

News, WorldSkills UK

Revealed: The 2025 Pearson Teaching Awards winners

Outgoing FE Commissioner Shelagh Legrave honoured with a special lifetime achievement award

News

The wounded mothership: the WEA navigates adult education’s new era

Jessica Hill meets the WEA’s chief executive Simon Parkinson at the group’s new Brighton base to hear how the 122-year-old institution is evolving to meet the demands of devolution and political change

Feature, News, Adult education, Long read

Master’s-level apprenticeships ban risks throwing ‘baby out with bath water’

Fears that public services will be hardest hit by levy restrictions

News, Apprenticeships, Higher education

Why learning from neighbours could guide our apprenticeship reforms

Reforms are coming to the apprenticeship system in England and the Labour government has been showered with suggestions about what it should do. But are there lessons England can learn from the skills paths charted in the last decade by Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland? England is the outlier; it is the only one with […]

Feature, News, Apprenticeships, Long read

Welcoming student refugees will help develop vital workforce skills

Refugee students bring untapped value to our colleges and our workforce; we just have to invest in demonstrating their talents, writes Shivan Merza

Opinion, Refugees

Collaboration is key to ensuring teaching and learning meet the needs of employers

Genuine partnerships that properly value teaching and learning can rise to the challenge of our skills shortages, write Rosa Wells

Opinion, 16-19

Bernie Savage, vice president for FE, National Union of Students

Bernie Savage, the new vice president for FE at the NUS, was blown away by her time in a strong and well-funded students’ union. She relays her message for unconvinced college principals to Jess Staufenberg The vice president for FE at the National Union of Students has a proud history of postholders very happy to […]

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