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Education – further and higher

Employers commonly bemoan the further and higher education system's failure to prepare young people with the skills and attributes they need to succeed in the world of work. Work experience is one of the best ways for young people further and higher education, such as university students, to prepare for the challenges that starting work will bring.


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    • Education - further and higher

    University of East Anglia set for nine days of strikes

    by Adam McCulloch 2 May 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 2 May 2025

    University of East Anglia staff began nine days of strike action yesterday (1 May) over a threat of compulsory redundancies and lack of financial transparency.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Scotland
    • Latest News

    Reasons behind Dundee University job losses to be probed

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2025

    Broken down, the full-time equivalent job losses consisted of 197 academic roles, 119 school-based professional services posts in schools, and 316 directorate roles.

    • Bullying and harassment
    • Belief discrimination
    • Gender

    University of Sussex attacks Kathleen Stock freedom of speech ruling

    by Adam McCulloch 27 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 27 Mar 2025

    The University of Sussex has accused higher regulation regulator the Office for Students of mounting a ‘vindictive and unreasonable campaign’ against it.

    • USA
    • North America
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Prominent Washington DC law school investigated for ‘promoting DEI’

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Mar 2025

    Law school was asked: ‘First, have you eliminated all DEI from your school and its curriculum? Second, if DEI is found in your courses or teaching in any way, will you move swiftly to remove it?’

    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes
    • Education - further and higher

    Up to 10,000 university jobs under threat, fears union

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 4 Mar 2025
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 4 Mar 2025

    As many as 10,000 university jobs could go as higher education in the UK faces an “unprecedented crisis”, a union warns.

    • Latest News
    • Education - further and higher
    • Immigration

    Universities crisis deepens, as Bangor sheds 200 jobs

    by Adam McCulloch 20 Feb 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 20 Feb 2025

    The fall in the number of international students has led Bangor University to place about 200 jobs under risk of redundancy, its vice-chancellor has told staff in an email.

    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes
    • Education - further and higher

    University workers threaten strike action over job losses

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 19 Dec 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 19 Dec 2024

    Staff at Coventry University are threatening to strike after learning that around 100 workers could lose their jobs.

    • Apprenticeships
    • Latest News
    • Early careers

    CIPD study shows poor perceptions of young workers

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 4 Dec 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 4 Dec 2024

    A new CIPD study reveals poor perceptions of young people at work, with 52% of UK employers believing they are not ready for the workplace.

    • STEM
    • Hybrid working
    • Department for Education

    T-level industry placements to go hybrid

    by Rob Moss 3 Dec 2024
    by Rob Moss 3 Dec 2024

    T-level industry placements will be able to be completed remotely under government reforms announced this week.

    • Department for Education
    • Latest News
    • Education - further and higher

    University fees to reach record high of £9,535

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 5 Nov 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 5 Nov 2024

    University tuition fees will soar to a record high of £9,535 from the next academic year, announces the government.

    • NHS
    • Latest News
    • Education - further and higher

    Sharp drop in students joining nursing courses

    by Adam McCulloch 19 Sep 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 19 Sep 2024

    New figures show a further decline in the number of students joining nursing courses in England and Wales.

    • Latest News
    • Education - further and higher
    • Recruitment & retention

    FE teachers’ pay a quarter less than elsewhere in education

    by Jo Faragher 18 Sep 2024
    by Jo Faragher 18 Sep 2024

    Further education teachers are paid almost a quarter less than their peers elsewhere in the sector, according to the National Foundation for Educational Research.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Education

    Black academics face barriers to inclusion early in careers

    by Jo Faragher 13 Sep 2024
    by Jo Faragher 13 Sep 2024

    Only a third of black academics in the UK believe their workplace is inclusive, according to a new report on early careers in academia.

    • Latest News
    • Education - further and higher
    • Recruitment & retention

    UK employers downgrade importance of educational qualifications

    by Adam McCulloch 29 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 29 Aug 2024

    New research has revealed that nearly two-thirds of UK employers now consider educational qualifications less important when hiring, signalling a significant shift in the job market.

    • Latest News
    • Jobseeking
    • Education - further and higher

    Number of young people not in work or education rises to 872,000

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 22 Aug 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 22 Aug 2024

    The number of young people who are not in work, education or training (NEET) is now 872,000, Office for National Statistics data reveals.

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