Skills reform

Make post-16 an ‘integrated’ tertiary system – report

EPI calls for ‘holistic’ tertiary education system ahead of imminent post-16 white paper

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Skills reform

One year in, Labour’s skills revolution is feeling hollow

Skills were meant to be at the heart of Labour’s economic revival. Yet, after a year of bureaucratic tweaks...

Jessica Hill
Tom Bewick
skills divide

The Great British skills mismatch

Britain has never been more educated, yet skills mismatches, regional divides, and graduate overqualification threaten productivity

Jessica Hill
Larissa Marioni
Skills reform

FE inquiry: MPs grill Smith on pay, cuts and careers

Parity of teacher pay is a 'fairly basic problem', the education committee chair suggested

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Skills reform

Industrial strategy: growth and skills levy courses start next year

Other new measures include 'defence technical excellence colleges'

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Skills reform

Skills excellence is the missing ingredient in the UK’s industrial strategy

Skills excellence – not just skills – will drive the UK’s economic future, so don’t overlook it

Jessica Hill
Ben Blackledge
Adult education

It’s wrong that nobody knows if the adult skills fund actually works

Unlike apprenticeships, adult skills funding operates in a data black hole. Should the grant-allocated system in adult education be...

Jessica Hill
Aidan Relf
LSIPs

New ERBs needed following devolution shake-up

£6.3 million available for 39 ERBs next year

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

King’s Birthday Honours 2025: Ex-ESFA CEO Peter Lauener knighted

More than 20 people with links to FE recognised including an OBE for former principal Verity Hancock

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor