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...
In just 3 weeks’ time, over 20,000 students from across the UK will be wowed with interactive tasters of real-world STEM. This is part of…
Plumbing and Electrical students at Barking & Dagenham College took an important step towards their future careers recently as they took part in a series…
The new figures reveal that over the same period, more than 10,000 employers were supported – of which over 9,000 are SMEs The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has today released its Financial Year (FY) 2025-26…
COLEG CAMBRIA has strengthened its international commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion following a week-long visit to Canada. Fairness and Belonging Lead Alice Churm and…
Jude Holloway, Chief Operating Officer Educ8 Training There has been a long-standing perception that apprenticeships sit outside the traditional pathway to professional success. For years,…
The latest Office for National Data was released today. The ONS estimates that payrolled employees in the UK fell by 104,000 (0.3%) between March 2025…
Students are not alone in having quickly embraced generative AI. But in academia, it proposes a potential conundrum: should educational authorities’ response centre on how…
One of the strangest things about the current AI conversation is how quickly people jump from “this tool improves efficiency” to “human judgement is now…
Learning at Work Week (18-24 May) is a unique annual event that aims to put a spotlight on the importance of continual learning and development. This year’s…
Capital City College has appointed Lord Forbes of Newcastle CBE as its new President, strengthening its leadership and links with partners across London and beyond.…
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