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 -...
An innovative interdisciplinary Humanities module at the University of Winchester has won an international award. Utopian and Dystopian Fiction developed by Dr Matthew Leggatt, Senior Lecturer…
@BordersCollege recently had the pleasure of hosting over 30 stakeholders at its on-site restaurant, providing an opportunity to thank the local businesses, charities and public…
New placements announced as Government accelerates its Youth Guarantee to give every young person the chance to earn or learn. Expansion of support will help…
The Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB) has announced the full programme for the Apprenticeship Assessment Conference 2026, the only conference of its type that is…
Alan Milburn’s interim findings from his Independent Review, Young People and Work, published yesterday, warn of a growing generational fault line, with more than one…
On Tuesday 2nd June, leaders from across government, further education, skills, employability, and employer groups will come together for our Breaking Barriers Collective, where we’ll…
The highly anticipated Young People and Work Interim Report (the Milburn Interim review) has been released. This is a beast of a document (it is…
The first large scale study of the Social Work Degree Apprenticeship, published today by the Department for Education, finds the route is widely valued and…
HGV technician apprenticeship starts rise 47% since 2020/21 with heavy reliance on older trainees and ASA levy funding With increasing government focus on public transport…
Luminate Education Group is embracing a framework designed to help students flourish in STEM and the Arts (STEAM) careers through a new campaign. STEAM encompasses…
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