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The apprenticeships boost is not the game-changer SMEs need

The Chancellor’s funding pledge for under-25 apprenticeships is welcome, but rising labour costs and missing incentives still leave small firms shouldering too much risk. If government wants real growth, it must give SMEs the tools, not just the headlines, to hire

Opinion, Apprenticeships

Treasury is still skimming the levy while NEET numbers surge

A narrow NEET policy won’t shift the dial – we need to go beyond providing a safety net for those already in freefall

Opinion, Apprenticeships

Let’s back T Levels to break the country’s skills deadlock

With T Levels now delivering real skills for real jobs, we have a chance to keep talent rooted in every town and drive Britain’s future prosperity

Opinion, T Levels

The politics behind the King of the North’s MBacc mission

Andy Burnham is grabbing headlines with his ambition for the MBacc technical education programme. But take-up has been slower than hoped and the mayor has been accused of overreach while sidelining the needs of adult education

Feature, News, Devolution, Long read

A youth guarantee that forgets SEND isn’t a guarantee at all

If the youth guarantee fails to
extend EHCP protections and
invest in FE pathways to age 25,
ministers will sabotage their
own growth ambitions and
write off a generation

Opinion, SEND

It’s mayday for the skills sector under DWP

The DWP’s inability to correct the disaster that has been the dynamic purchasing system for Jobcentres suggests the department will sink the skills boat

Opinion, Skills reform

Our jobs market is changing faster than anyone expected – our skills system isn’t

Our analysis shows millions of roles could vanish far earlier than predicted. Unless the UK builds a cradle-to-grave skills system, workers and young people alike will be locked out of the jobs of the future

Opinion, Skills reform

Reverse adult education cuts now, protesters tell MPs

Hundreds of adult education advocates lobby MPs to pay attention to funding cuts

News, Adult education

How NEET providers are propping up a failing system

Helping inactive young people get back on track is being hampered by a youth population spike, market instability and inflexible student funding. Jessica Hill speaks to staff and students about what is one of FE’s toughest challenges

Feature, News, Long read, NEETs