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 -...
Youth worklessness is not new, but the scale of the challenge now demands urgent attention. Over a million young people in the UK are not…
The Level 4 AI and Automation Practitioner apprenticeship launched by Skills England has arrived at a difficult moment for the FE sector. The management apprenticeship…
The Lifelong Education Institute calls for urgent alignment of funding, clearer progression routes, and greater flexibility to address chronic technical skills shortages. A major new…
The achievements of more than 100 apprentices from across Wales were celebrated at a leading work-based learning provider’s annual summer graduation ceremony today (Tuesday). The…
A DETERMINED learner from Wrexham is building a promising career in engineering after progressing from an entry-level college course to a Civil Engineering Degree Apprenticeship.…
FILMS made by aspiring creatives from North Wales are now being screened in Vue and Odeon cinemas across the UK – and Clwyd North MP…
Mature learners, career changers and first gen university students join forces to design, build and race energy-efficient car Demonstrating its commitment to the future of…
Telford College is investing more than £1 million in equipping its new sixth form centre in a programme aimed at “matching the ambition of the…
The term NEET has long been used as shorthand for young people who are Not in Education, Employment or Training. It is often framed as…
A podcast aimed at English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students produced by staff at Leeds City College has reached a global audience. What…
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