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...
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 -...
The Government will today [Tuesday 4 March] table amendments to the Employment Rights Bill following weeks of consultation and responses from business groups, trade unions…
London South East Colleges has been recognised as an ‘exemplary employer’ for the third year running by Investing in Ethnicity – an organisation set up…
This is the first in a two-part series exploring the intelligence of footballers – a subject often affected by stereotypes. While post-match interviews and viral…
More than 2,600 more people across Cheshire and Warrington will be able to sign up to Skills Bootcamps to fast track them into jobs and…
Following new government data showing that apprentices contribute an impressive £25billion to the economy over their lifetime has prompted Melanie Nicholson, Managing Director of leading…
Burton and South Derbyshire College (BSDC) has recently welcomed an advanced smart delivery robot to enhance the service in the College’s Mulberry Bistro. Designed to…
Women in Construction Week 2025 runs March 2-8, celebrating the invaluable contributions of women in the construction industry and aiming to inspire more women to…
Neath College’s Dance Department has built a highly respected reputation over the past 25 years as one of the leading further education colleges for A…
A new aviation engineering course is preparing for take-off at Telford College, offering a passport to some high-flying careers. The new level three diploma in…
A new online Masters, designed to equip future leaders to overcome economic, social and environmental challenges has been launched by Rotterdam School of Management Erasmus University.…
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