Long read, Skills England

Can Skills England really fix our broken skills system?

Labour quango Skills England has a mission to boost growth by fixing skills gaps, but how can it swerve the...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Skills England

The success of Skills England is in all our interests

Labour has missed a trick by not making Skills England a fully cross-government body, writes John Cope

Jessica Hill
John Cope
Long read, Qualification fraud

How fake skills cards have opened the door to building site blaggers 

The person purporting to be Adam Philip showed me “evidence” the CSCS card he was selling would evade anti-fraud...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Long read

The robots have already marched into apprenticeships

AI tools could save training providers big bucks and improve quality. But at what cost?

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

At the helm of the only national college group

Liz Bromley is feeling a little fragile today. She is heading home from NCG’s offices at Newcastle College by...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Long read, SEND

The high cost pressures of safety valve deals

Cash-strapped local authorities are under pressure through safety valve deals to place high-needs young people in placements that may...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Long read, Training Providers

The rock ’n’ roll career of MBKB boss Mark Bremner

To some, Mark Bremner is known as the boss who lets staff at his training business take as many...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Inclusion, Long read, Students

From veterans to refugees: City Lit’s silent revolution in deaf education

For more than a century, London’s City Lit has been a global beacon of hope and empowerment for deaf...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Long read, Politics

Seema Malhotra, Labour’s shadow skills minister

Seema Malhotra claims that if Labour wins power, she will unleash a “skills revolution”. So far, the opposition’s headline...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill