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...
Something struck me recently at the Breaking Barriers / NEET Collective, held in central London on 2nd June 2026 - a FE News and Edge...
THOUSANDS of students are benefiting from MADE – a Coleg Cambria programme delivering up to 350,000 hours of coaching and support annually. The service supports…
Today, Alan Milburn published his long-awaited interim review into why nearly one million young people in England are not in education, employment or training. His…
New research from the CDI reveals a generation in crisis over the world of work, and puts FE professionals at the centre of the solution.…
Alan Milburn warns that Britain faces a “generational fault line” unless it confronts the whole-system failure that has seen nearly one million young people locked…
NCG has strengthened its commitment to putting learners first, with all of its colleges now officially recognised as Learner Happiness Colleges. The recognition follows a successful…
South & City College Birmingham recently welcomed some of the region’s most talented painting and decorating apprentices. The competition, organised by the UK’s largest trade…
Generation Logistics Week (22–26 June 2026) invites schools across the UK to ‘Solve What Moves the World’ with free, Gatsby-aligned resources that bring one of…
A leading education workforce provider has been named one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for the third year running. Affinity Workforce Solutions,…
The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has announced a formal partnership with First Bus, which sees the transport operator join CIM’s Company Affiliate Partnership Programme.…
The Treasury Committee has published a summary of the results of its public survey on student loans and the taxation of graduates. On Thursday 12 March, MPs invited anyone over the age of 16 to contribute their experiences and…
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