Skills England

Employers are instrumental in reshaping the skills landscape 

Labour’s welcome focus on building a fit-for-purpose skills system won’t deliver on its promise without meaningful employer engagement

Jessica Hill
Dan Howard
Skills England

Skills England must cut through the red tape to close our skills gaps

The new body must harness centralisation to implement faster changes, increasing flexibility in course design and delivery

JL Dutaut
Anna Brailsford
Skills England

Skills England penned in by DfE capture, say critics

In-housing skills could damage credibility with employers

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills England

Welcome to Skills England, our new puppeteer

Have we just gone from Cincerella sector to... Pinocchio sector?

JL Dutaut
Josh Spears
Skills England

How Skills England can avoid the political scrapheap

To avoid the (i)fate of its predecessors, Skills England needs independence, a wide remit and clear powers to make...

JL Dutaut
Stephen Evans
Skills England

Is Skills England looking through the policy lens backwards?

The new sector body is set to become another noble endeavour to simplify the unsimplifiable while leaving the real...

JL Dutaut
Mark Dawe
Skills England

DfE launches Skills England CEO job advert

£130k role will be below director general level and post-holder expected to come from inside government or business

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills England

From IfATE to Skills England via DfE: What you need to know

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill explained

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills England

Legislation to abolish IfATE laid in parliament

Institute's powers will transfer to DfE under the proposed legislation ahead of formation of Skills England

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen