University was the route ambitious parents pushed their kids towards, trades were positioned as the back-up, and a generation of young people picked their post-16 pathway based on a status hierarchy ...

It takes us down unexpected paths, through jobs we never planned, roles we never imagined, and experiences we didn’t think ...

Plans for written coursework will face “far, far more scrutiny” under reformed qualifications to prevent the “AI-fuelled ...

It is reassuring to see the growing urgency around the NEETs (not in education, employment or training) challenge in this ...

As Andy Burnham sets out his case for moving power out of Whitehall and into places, many of us in further education, skills ...

Today, the UK has close to one million young people aged 16-24 not in education, employment or training (NEET) and in two of ...

Recent reform changes in apprenticeships have prompted important conversations across the sector, particularly around the ...

When the Institute for Apprenticeships launched in 2017, its staff faced a complicated, opaque funding band system. Funding ...

Andy Burnham’s first speech since launching his bid to be the next prime minister was widely trailed to go heavy on ...

I’m rarely shocked or even greatly surprised by statistics that show how unequal life chances are in this country, but I was ...

Ofqual has rebuked awarding organisation Pearson for preventable failures in an Edexcel A Level maths exam last summer. Ian Bauckham, chief regulator, said the problems caused “anxiety, stress and ...

More than two dozen councils have been ordered to improve how they track teenagers after new data found the education, employment or training status of 32,100 16- and 17-year-olds was unknown. The ...