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More than 10.6 million adults across the North East, North West, and Yorkshire and the Humber live in local authorities, where the need for numeracy support is among the greatest in England. Every local authority in the…
For too long vocational education has been the preserve of FE, especially for the one third of young people at 16 who have not achieved GCSEs or those who are excluded. Instead of offering vocational, technical and…
In response to the question "Has the inspection affected how long you intend to stay in your role?", 52% of those who responded said they were thinking of leaving their job sooner than planned. Amost two-thirds (64%)…
"I mean, it's why we lost the midterms. We have been discordant from what was run on, two years ago," Means told Joe Rogan in a podcast interview on Friday. Means told CBS News that Wiles and her "very close-knit crew"…
Passing cars beep their horns in support of the workers, who have taken action at six nurseries run by Barnsley council after its Reform UK leadership agreed to transfer them to private companies. They say the move will…
Stiff person syndrome (SPS) is a rare disease that attacks the central nervous system and can cause devastating rigidity throughout the body and painful muscle spasms. Despite decades of research, there is no cure. Now a…
"Sometimes my son and I are a little impulsive," Alf Inge Haaland, known as Alfie, told the assembled crowd on Monday morning. The spontaneous act in question was the purchase of the only surviving privately owned…
After competing among the best of the best at this year’s SkillBuild Regional Qualifiers, the finalists will fight for the winning place across two days in their chosen trades. SkillBuild is the largest and…
“You are the next generation of leaders, carers, makers, engineers, creators and innovators,” she told the graduates. “The world you are stepping into needs people like you – people who are willing to learn, work and…
The visit followed concerns raised by Coleg Cambria Chief Executive Yana Williams over what she described as a transport “postcode lottery”, with different levels of financial support available to students depending on…