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Can Skills England plug the UK’s skills gap to give Labour the growth it craves?
Work

Can Skills England plug the UK’s skills gap to give Labour the growth it craves?

Labour’s new quango is
tasked with ‘transforming the skills landscape’ to fill skill shortages and offer alternatives to university

Children in poverty most likely to be excluded from school, study finds: ‘A crisis of lost learning’
Education

Children in poverty most likely to be excluded from school, study finds: ‘A crisis of lost learning’

Suspensions and exclusions across all schools and all year groups in England have risen by more than 20% last year compared to the previous year.

This is what happens if a university goes bust
Universities

This is what happens if a university goes bust

‘In theory universities would be allowed to go bust. In practice, there’s no precedent. It would be a total, horrible, mess’

Inside the Big Issue: The glorious rise and rise of the Paralympics
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: The glorious rise and rise of the Paralympics

Inside the years-long pay row in Scotland risking the futures of working-class students
Education

Inside the years-long pay row in Scotland risking the futures of working-class students

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Student loans: This generation is getting a raw deal
Education

Student loans: This generation is getting a raw deal

Society pays a cost for high tuition fees
Paul McNamee

Society pays a cost for high tuition fees

‘I’m paying £9k a year to sofa surf’ The university students facing homelessness
Homelessness

‘I’m paying £9k a year to sofa surf’ The university students facing homelessness