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,...
Neath College is proud to announce that one of its own, Jake Dorgan, has been inaugurated as the Youth Mayor of Neath Port Talbot for…
Cardiff and Vale College learners and apprentices have brought home 25 medals from this year’s Skills Competition Wales Awards, including seven gold, ten silver and…
BAM UK & Ireland (BAM), a leading Construction & Civil Engineering company, has joined the Multicultural Apprenticeship and Skills Alliance (MASA) powered by Pathway Group…
Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG) successfully hosted its 15th annual Next Steps Fayres recently, providing students with the opportunity to explore a wide range…
Newest quarterly report from Validated Insights predicts enrollments in trade schools and trade programs will increase more than 6.5% annually. CHICAGO – March 18, 2025…
We chat with Rob West, Head of Education and Skills at the CBI at the Education and Training Foundations, Further Forward conference at the BMA.…
Leading Lancashire training provider PHX Training has partnered with The King’s Trust to help young people across the region pursue employment opportunities within the care…
This is an update on adult skills funding allocations for the academic year 2025 to 2026, including changes to our funding methodology. Funding allocations timeline…
The UK is facing a financial skills shortage, a challenge that threatens not only the long-term viability of the finance industry, but the sustainability of…
The Interim Curriculum and Assessment Review Report has been released. Last year the government launched a Review of the curriculum and assessment system, led by Professor Becky…
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