It’s been a couple of weeks since the Milburn report was published, and I like everyone have been digesting the report and the analysis. Like a well-trained student,...
Britain’s NEET crisis is no longer a warning sign; it is a structural failure. The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures (Jan-March 2026) estimate...
Across further and higher education, widening participation has become one of the defining policy priorities of the past two decades. Institutions have rightly focused on...
Young people today are entering a world in upheaval. Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, record-breaking temperatures, and the accelerating rise of AI is...
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...
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…
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…
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