Government reveals skills strategy for clean energy sector in first ‘jobs plan’ Demand for skilled workers is forecast to double in the next five years
We’ll end qualification confusion and build confidence in FE For too long, young people have faced a maze of qualifications with no clear direction. Our new V Levels will bring order to the chaos, bridging the gap between A Levels and T Levels
Jobs plans put onus on employers to hire within UK ‘Expert’ civil servants will lead on workforce skill strategies in a bid to lower immigration levels
Her PET project For 30 years Fleur Sexton has led training provider PET-Xi, with its staff of largely neurodiverse leaders and can-do attitude to learners. She tells Jessica Hill how a crisis-induced pivot from adult education is bringing a fresh opportunity to help young people It’s a special day today at PET-Xi, a small training provider that specialises […]
We saved a social care workforce pathway cut off by level 3 reforms Around 31,000 learners were potentially left without a route into social care, but NCFE’s intervention could be the lifeline the sector needs
A guarantee isn’t enough… our youth deserve a work promise Without a permanent, connected strategy linking education, skills and work, we’ll keep treating the symptoms of youth unemployment, and not the cause
Trainee mechanics must be tooled up or the EV revolution falls flat Colleges must provide electric vehicle-specific training and tooling to avoid students attempting dangerous bodges in the real world
Skills England urged to confront government on FE funding Joint AoC and UUK report also calls for ‘excessive’ competition to be challenged
Wakefield will grow supply and demand together for high-skills jobs Our proposed new skills centre could be the key to breaking the cycle of low skills and low pay in Wakefield