The cost-of-living crisis set to further widen attainment gap
Dr Fleur Sexton, Deputy Lieutenant West Midlands and Managing Director of PET-Xi – one of the most hard-hitting and dynamic training providers in the UK…
cost of living crisis
The United Kingdom cost of living crisis is an ongoing event starting in 2021, in which prices for many essential goods in the United Kingdom began increasing faster than household incomes, resulting in a fall in real incomes.
Every month, we release the ONS Labour Market Statistics. These stats show how the crisis develops and what real incomes currently are. Find all previous articles right here!
On top of this, in October 2022, we have a series from Campaign for Learning about ‘Learning in the Cold’. Read more about this here.
The cost of living crisis is a major issue in the UK, with the great reshuffle continuing (Kwasi Kwarteng being sacked, swiftly followed by Liz Truss resigning as Prime Minister), we are publishing more and more articles and streams around this topic. For example, on Season 3, Episode 3 of #FutureOfApprenticeships, we talk about the impact of the cost of living crisis on apprenticeships!
Cost of Living Support for Further Education Students
As further education learners head back to a new term, there is help available to FE students in Wales to support their studies as the…
#FutureOfApprenticeships: Supporting apprentices through the cost of living crisis and beyond
In this week’s show, co-hosts Gavin O’Meara (CEO, FE News) and Michael Lemin (Head of Policy, NCFE) are joined by guests Aidan Relf (Skills Consultant)…
The Cost-of-Living Crisis and Universities
The cost-of-living crisis is a significant challenge for the whole country, particularly as we move into the winter. This will only be compounded by recent…
The Cost-of-Living Crisis – The Response of Staffordshire University
Earlier this year, we co-authored a report with Citizens Advice Staffordshire North and Stoke- on-Trent (CASNS). This warned of a “pending poverty catastrophe” in North…
The Cost-of-Living Crisis and Adult Education Providers
Adult education is one of the solutions in improving productivity and supporting social justice. Traditionally, adult education has grown in importance in periods of recession…
The Cost-of-Living Crisis and Independent Training Providers
The cost-of-living crisis cannot be tackled without recognising the double whammy of tight labour market conditions and stagnant economic growth. Poor productivity and low attainment…
The Cost-of-Living Crisis and FE Colleges
We really are living through extraordinary and challenging times. After a dozen years of funding cuts, colleges were starting to believe that we had turned…
The Cost-of-Living Crisis and Adult Community Learning
Educational inequality already has strong correlations with economic disparity. Those with low or no qualifications are more likely to be in the most disadvantaged communities.…
The Cost-of-Living Crisis and Employer Demand for Level 4+ Apprenticeships and Part-Time Technical Education
Listen to the current news and the cost-of-living crisis seems to get worse daily. The current causes of high inflation are generally imported, and the…