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 reform

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
Long read, Skills reform

GSAP: FE’s secret weapon for net zero training

Former fisherman Mike Blakeley tells how he’s building the Green Skills Advisory Panel so FE and industry can make...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Skills reform

The industrial strategy is quietly remaking skills policy

We should get used to priority sectors getting first dibs on limited new skills funding, writes Mike Crowhurst

Shane Chowen
Mike Crowhurst
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

Questions remain over industrial strategy skills pledge

Skills are mentioned 140 times in the industrial strategy – proof of their pivotal role in UK competitiveness. But...

Jessica Hill
Fiona Aldridge
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
Skills reform

Power crisis: the UK’s infrastructure boom could stall before it starts

The government wants to build more homes, greener energy, and major infrastructure – but a fast-declining electrical workforce could...

Jessica Hill
Chris Claydon