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 -...
A record number of entries have been received for this year’s Leeds Manufacturing Festival Awards, as manufacturers across the region continue to invest in young…
Skills England has today published its Annual Skills Report, marking its first anniversary with a comprehensive assessment of current and future skills needs. The Alan Milburn interim…
Harrow, Richmond and Uxbridge Colleges (HRUC) has announced a new partnership to support Mauritius in creating a greener future. The International Skills Partnership Mauritius (ISPM)…
Fife College has been recognised as the only college in Scotland and one of just ten across the UK delivering the highest levels of Carbon…
Selby College Engineering Tutors have recently returned from an intensive three-day technical training programme at GUNT in Hamburg, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of engineering…
New apprenticeship reforms could play an important role in improving diversity across the UK workforce, particularly as policymakers seek to widen access to skilled careers and address persistent barriers…
This article was written by Laura-Jane Rawlings MBE DL, CEO & Founder of Youth Employment UK. It explores the growing youth unemployment crisis in the…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 849: 30th May 2026. A Million NEETs Costs £125Bn a year; How do we Respond? This is the weekly e-newsletter…
The British Psychological Society (BPS) has accredited Walbrook’s online MSc Psychology degree from now on successful graduates will be eligible for the first step to…
Staff and students from Harris Federation, alongside representatives from Tottenham Hotspur Foundation and Maikai, at the launch of Maikai’s AI for Schools programme at Harris Academy Tottenham earlier this year. The…
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