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 -...
Alan Milburn’s Young People and Work interim report should land as a national alarm bell. Nearly one million young people are now not in education,...
Colleges across the capital will be joining forces to put on a giant skills competition. The Inter-College Skills Show is set to take place on…
Two employees at Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Swindon are sharing their career journeys this Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week (17th to 23rd March) to encourage people to follow…
The latest ONS Labour market figures were released today: Unemployment is at 4.4%, up on the year, and on the quarter, there are now nearly…
Young people with mental health conditions are nearly five times more likely to be economically inactive compared to others in their age group, according to…
Charity calls on general FE and sixth form colleges to apply for funded opportunity The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has opened applications to join a…
Key players in the qualifications and assessment market in Wales have met with regulators and training providers to develop closer collaboration to address a skills…
COLEG CAMBRIA is hungry for success in a prestigious national food and drink competition. Despite an “overwhelming” number of entries, the college – based in…
There’s a couple of things going on in the Pathways to Work Green Paper. Firstly, the Government is worried about the rising costs of disability…
This 4th installment in the “Unseen Observations” series follows Claire Curry’s transformative journey at Walsall College. From initial reluctance to becoming an ambassador, Claire reveals…
Having had the pleasure of chairing the Education & Training Foundation’s conference in Birmingham today, it has been an excellent opportunity for me to reflect…
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