A turning point for skills? key opportunities ahead
At the start of 2025 the UK is at a critical juncture, with recent government actions signalling a renewed focus on tackling the pressing skills…
Industrial strategy
Industrial Strategy needs to be on the Job!
Let’s start with the obvious: business and government agree that having a well-functioning labour market is absolutely crucial for sustainable economic growth. It is the…
Skills England: What’s Needed to Complete the Picture?
Fiona argues that Skills England can transform the struggling UK skills system by bringing together government, businesses, training providers and unions. Success depends on collaborative…
Are you confused by the current Skills System? You are not alone! FE Soundbite Edition 769
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 769: 26th October 2024. Are you confused by the current Skills System? You are not alone! Baroness Taylor has written…
Do We Need to Think About the Social Impact of Defunding Level 7? FE Soundbite Edition 768
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 768: 19th October 2024. Do we need to look at the social impact of defunding Level 7 Apprenticeships? We also…
The Government launches the first Industrial Strategy in seven years
The next generation of British industry has been fired-up and readied to reignite our industrial heartlands and kickstart economic growth, as the Government launches the…
A New Future for Apprenticeships?
In this exclusive feature, Alison Morris, Head of Policy at the Skills Federation (also known as the Federation for Industry Sector Skills & Standards) talks…
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) will have a key role in delivering the pledges set out in the 2021 Budget
BEIS in the Budget 2021 The government has published a Budget aimed at protecting the jobs and livelihoods of the British people through the COVID-19…
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy will have a key role to play delivering the Spending Review pledges
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (@BEISGovUK) will have a key role to play delivering the pledges made in the #SpendingReview The government…
Edtech can play its full part in our ‘New Start’ Industrial Strategy in six easy steps
#Edtech expert @Ty_Goddard gives us his ten cents on the role played during the virus, and offers his recommendations for the #FutureofEducation It was Charles Dickens…