Andy Burnham means business. Two weeks into the job, the new Prime Minister has promised to end rough sleeping, fix social care, cap energy bills...
It seems everyone in Greater Manchester has an Andy Burnham Story. Mine starts backstage at Parklife festival in 2017. I was fortunate enough to be...
Employers understand the need for skills. They experience recruitment pressures, changing technology and gaps in workforce capability directly. What many understand less clearly, is how...
The Breaking Barriers report is absolutely right to focus on building more bridges into work for young people and moving the debate away from cliff...
On Tuesday last week, the Prime Minister announced plans to put technical education on an equal footing with academic study. There was more focus on...
In the first three months of 2026, the number of young people in the UK who were not in education, employment or training (NEETs) passed...
The recent FE News special feature for Youth Employment Week rightly celebrated the employers who are working hard to open doors for young people, showcasing...
Lord Agnew, Chair of the House of Lords special inquiry Numeracy for Life Committee provides an update on the Committee’s year-long inquiry. The cross-party House of Lords Numeracy for Life...
September marks the three-year anniversary of the Green Changemakers programme and we have learned so much in that time. On this quiet morning in my...
It has been nine months since the House of Lords Social Mobility Policy Committee, which I chaired, published its report ‘Social mobility: Local roots, lasting...
Dumfries and Galloway College (DGC) was celebrating after winning two top honours at the 2025 College Development Network Awards – while also landing a prestigious…
The North Wales Regional Skills Partnership in collaboration with Grŵp Llandrillo Menai, hosted a highly successful Renewables Skills Roundtable at Coleg Llandrillo’s Engineering Centre on…
Colleges are now operating in an environment where the traditional markers of credibility have weakened to the point of near collapse. Information that once arrived…
A college principal whose students receive “transformative and life-enhancing” provision has received the prestigious Fellowship of the Chartered Institution for Further Education (CIFE) in recognition of…
St Dunstan’s College, south London, is delighted to announce that it has been named Most Progressive Independent School in south-east England at LUXLife Magazine’s Private…
Following a hugely successful inaugural year, “The Big Apprenticeship Thank You” is back and bigger, with a mission to double its impact and reward over…
COLEG CAMBRIA has launched a new series of trailblazing flexible higher education courses. The college is continuing to transform the landscape of further and higher…
Leeds City College has appointed its new Executive Principal. Diana Bird, currently the Principal and CEO at Shipley College, is to succeed Bill Jones in…
A 17-year-old from Hornchurch has been awarded GOLD at the WorldSkills UK Finals, held last Friday night. Engineering T-Level student Harvey McLaughlin secured the top…
Students from Oaklands College’s Art, Fashion and Design programmes proudly unveiled their sustainable pop-up shop, ‘Oak Boutique’, at The Galleria in Hatfield on 10–11 December.…
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