Skills reform

AI skills: Building a workforce for the future

As the government lays out its blueprint to turbocharge AI, skills minister Jacqui Smith sets out the steps being...

Jessica Hill
Jacqui Smith
Skills reform

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
Politics, Skills reform

Teacher misconduct laws extended to FE colleges and providers

Children's wellbeing and schools bill puts further education teachers in scope of lifetime bans

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Skills reform

3 in 4 apprenticeship adverts ‘block’ applicants without English and maths

Report exposes GCSE entry conditions as ministers confirm they are considering removing functional skills exit requirements

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills reform

The latest OECD data isn’t as positive as it appears

Headline figures on literacy and numeracy are encouraging, but they mask inequalities precisely in areas where the economy is...

JL Dutaut
Jude Hillary
Adult education, Skills reform

Fears of adult education desert amid cost-cut plans

Councils closing the centres blame low learner numbers and changes to funding rules

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Skills reform

The government has made a strong case for investing in further education

Delivering the Get Britain Working white paper will require investment in a sector that's ideally placed to help NEET...

JL Dutaut
Stephen Evans
Politics, Skills reform

Youth guarantee: A ‘real chance’ or lacking ‘firepower’?

Get Britain Working white paper draws mixed reaction

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Skills reform

Levelling-up cash put in hard-up students’ pockets

Basildon reportedly suffers from a 'lack' of sixth-form colleges

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor