Enjoyable and impactful learning – factors for success
Educational responsibility Education holds a responsibility to inspire, by presenting the opportunity of growth to the individual and social mobility for all. It can empower…
Skills Gap
What is a skills gap?
A skills gap is when your current workforce’s skill set doesn’t align with the skills they need to do their jobs. Many companies assume that hard technology skills are their primary skills gap. But, employees may also be lacking in soft skills that they need to do their jobs well
Levying Up the Chancellor’s Budget
Kirstie Donnelly, CEO of City & Guilds outlines what she would like to see from the Chancellor in his Budget Statement next week. The article…
Plexal and Multiverse to Close Skills Gap for Early-Stage Businesses
Plexal, the innovation company solving society’s challenges through collaboration with government, startups and industry, has today announced a partnership with Multiverse to close the skills…
Lords Blunkett and Johnson to speak at Mind the Skills Gap event
Lords David Blunkett and Jo Johnson are set to speak at a panel talk in Parliament focussing on the role colleges and the FE sector…
Please Mind The Skills Gap: Record Number of UK Searches for ‘Skilled Worker Visa’
New research from Startups.co.uk reveals that on 1st February 2023, UK searches for ‘skilled worker visa’ – the type of visa required for employers to…
ESG is now the future of business transformation
Marketing and Business Transformation consultancy Chesamel has announced its partnership with the Corporate Governance Institute (CGI), the leading provider of corporate governance education. The partnership…
National Apprenticeship Week: Building resilience and delivering growth in a recession – the business case for investing in apprenticeships
As we continue to battle economic uncertainties fuelled by the cost-of-living crisis and a recession, it is more important than ever for businesses to create…
FE News Content Creator Academy Released!
This is a year of celebration, but also innovation. FE News is now 20 years old, meaning we have been established longer than Facebook, Twitter,…
Are current assessment models problematic for the future of England’s job market?
Students are only being tested on one skill – memory – and it’s one that will never come up in an interview. These exams are…
Filling the intermediate level skills gap in the UK
Professor Terence Hogarth considers how the UK can drive its productivity and growth by boosting the supply of intermediate skills, which would enable increasing numbers…