According to the latest ONS labour market data, youth unemployment has hit 14.7%. That means one in seven young people looking for work can't find...
I was delighted to work with colleagues at FE News’ Breaking Barriers event on a construction job. We worked to take apart the youth employment...
For too long, the national conversation around success has treated university as the default route into a professional career. Yet across the UK, thousands of...
At the start of this month, leaders from across government, further education, skills, employability and employer groups gathered for the Breaking Barriers Collective, hosted by...
There is a particular kind of honesty that emerges when a room full of practitioners, advocates and leaders agrees to stop being polite about a...
The publication of the Milburn interim review on young people and work arrives at an important moment for England’s education, employment and skills system. With...
Something struck me recently at the Breaking Barriers / NEET Collective, held in central London on 2nd June 2026 - a FE News and Edge...
Recently, I visited PET-Xi in Coventry, and I left with a feeling I know all too well: admiration, frustration and a deep sense of déjà...
Practitioners, leaders, researchers and advocates gathered in London to do something the sector urgently needed: not just name the problem, but co-design the route out...
There’s a gulf between where many NEET young people are and where employers need them to be so that they can thrive in a job. The UK must find ways to bridge that gulf -...
As young jobseekers face growing pressure in the entry-level labour market, new findings in Prospects at Jisc’s Early Careers Survey of 5,000 students and graduates found that many…
New research from Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L), the world’s lifelong learning company, suggests that UK teachers’ confidence in using AI and their belief in the positive…
Students, staff and community partners came together at New City College Ardleigh Green Campus recently for a powerful Men’s Mental Health event aimed at breaking…
Exeter College has opened its new Centre for Law and Social Sciences, transforming the College’s city centre Hele Road campus and creating a modern learning…
Last week brought the UK’s NEET challenge into sharper focus. While it has long been recognised as a growing issue, the release of the Alan…
The government is on track to meet its pledge to recruit and retain an additional 6,500 teachers after surpassing two thirds of its manifesto target with three years to go. The figures published today show the government has now recruited 4,654 additional teachers of…
New partnership with The Careers & Enterprise Company aims to boost youth entrepreneurship and enterprise education, kickstarted in the North East and adaptable across all…
A Birmingham manufacturer is urging more companies to follow its lead to ensure we avoid a ‘lost generation’ of talent. Frederick Cooper, which provides wet…
Four priorities sit at the heart of business development this year: increasing efficiency (50%), maintaining quality (40%), accelerating digital transformation (40%), and improving data management…
London South East Colleges (LSEC), in partnership with Bromley Council’s Tackling Loneliness Initiative, welcomed more than 60 local residents to a special community lunch at…
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