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 -...
Fedcap today announced the appointment of Aquilla Lindo as the new Chief Operating Officer of its organisation Fedcap Employment to help drive next phase of…
Listen here – https://businessnewswales.com/skills-sector-urged-to-keep-training-high-on-welsh-government-agenda/ Plaid Cymru has come into government with energy, momentum and a long list of ambitions. There is a sense of freshness…
The construction skills gap is no longer a future concern—it is a current operational reality. Nowhere is that more evident than in plant operations. Across…
City & Guilds is facing potential legal and industrial action over its ‘dishonest’ redundancy plans, Unite, the UK’s leading union, said today. The training and…
A pioneering AI super curriculum is expanding across the city-region through the Greater Manchester Baccalaureate (MBacc), connecting thousands of young people to future careers in…
Graduating students from Hull College are preparing to showcase their creativity as the college’s annual Degree Show returns next week, offering a first look at…
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) has welcomed the publication of the Skills England Annual Skills Report 2026 and its strong focus on addressing…
Engineering and manufacturing leaders have revealed the toughest ‘skills’ picture yet in the latest annual Training Barometer released by In-Comm Training today. Nearly three quarters…
Oaklands College is celebrating an exceptional achievement by one of its talented Level 3 Makeup students, whose creativity, dedication and technical skill have earned national…
A father and son celebrated a family double success at a leading Welsh work-based learning provider’s prestigious annual awards. Andrew Addis-Fuller, a Cambrian Training Company…
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