The King’s Speech | Implications for Education & Skills
In the first King’s Speech under the new Labour government, His Majesty King Charles III has outlined significant changes to the UK’s education landscape, with…
Skills England
What is Skills England?
Skills England is a key post 16 skills strategy from the Labour Party and is a part of their Election Manifesto pledge.
Post‐16 education strategy and Skills England
In their election manifesto, the Labour party said: We will establish Skills England to bring together business, training providers and unions with national and local government to ensure we have the highly trained workforce needed to deliver Labour’s Industrial Strategy.
Skills England will formally work with the Migration Advisory Committee to make sure training in England accounts for the overall needs of the labour market. And we are committed to devolving adult skills funding to Combined Authorities, empowering local leaders to have greater control of skills development in their areas, alongside a greater role in supporting people into work. Skills England will co-ordinate between local areas to ensure everyone can access all the opportunities available.
Six steps for quick progress for the new Government
We have a new government that says it wants to fix the foundations of our economy to deliver change, and has talked about the infrastructure…
Are you ready for big changes in FE? FE Soundbite Edition 753.
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 753, July 6th, 2024: Are you ready for big changes in FE? This is the weekly e-newsletter and e-journal by…
How Would A New National Skills Body Work in Practice?
Lesley Giles discusses a new report written by Work Advance and commissioned by the AoC which argues that the post-16 education and skills system needs…
Manifesto Week: What’s Been Promised for FE & Skills? FE Soundbite Edition 750
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 750, June 15th, 2024: Manifesto Week: What’s Been Promised for FE & Skills? This is the weekly e-newsletter and e-journal…
Labour’s 2024 General Election Manifesto | What Does it Mean for FE & Skills? | Sector Reaction
Labour’s FE Promises: Reforming Further and Higher Education Here are the key Labour promises for skills, training, and education: The Labour Party manifesto for Further…
IFS analysis: Labour Proposes ‘Growth and Skills’ levy, reinstating Traineeships as a part of a ‘Youth Guarantee’
The Labour Party has today recommitted to its plan to broaden the existing Apprenticeship Levy into a ‘Growth and Skills’ Levy, allowing firms to use…
Labour announces plan for Skills: Growth and Skills Levy replacing the Apprenticeship Levy and Skills England
Keir Starmer has announced that in government Labour will give businesses the flexibility they need to train their workforce and deliver growth, by turning the Tories’…