Skills reform

NEETs top McFadden’s DWP skills agenda

The work and pensions secretary wants jobcentres to offer training as a 'springboard to better futures'

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Politics

Skills are the missing piece in our fight against wasted potential

One in eight young people are not in education, employment or training. The answer lies in more training in...

Jessica Hill
Pat McFadden
Skills reform

Confirmed: Skills England moved to DWP from today

Skills England CEO says move "really makes sense"

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Ofsted

‘Outstanding’ university bootcamps praised by Ofsted

Inspectors were impressed with the course's 'exceptional' curriculum

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Skills reform

Skills move risks destabilising ‘sofa surfing’ policy area

But some believe the move could cut 'frustrating duplication' between the DWP and DfE

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Long read, Politics

Reform plots a political tsunami, but skills policy is lost at sea

Farage's turquoise tide: The insurgent party’s supporters want to fix ‘broken Britain’, insisting that trades and industrial automation are...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships

Redundancy shouldn’t spell end of an apprenticeship dream 

Scotland’s Adopt an Apprentice scheme kept many of those who lost their jobs on track, providing a blueprint we...

Jessica Hill
James Kimble
Politics

One minister, two beasts: Can Jacqui Smith fix the skills system?

Jacqui Smith’s unprecedented brief spanning the DfE and DWP signals ambition for a joined-up skills system. But without wider...

Jessica Hill
Dr Sue Pember
Skills reform

Colleges are bracing themselves for the Whitehall power shift

With skills policy moving to DWP, Ofsted unveiling a new framework and defence cash pouring in, this autumn could...

Jessica Hill
David Hughes