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 -...
A Chance to Celebrate the Transformative Power of Career Guidance – for individuals, the economy and society. The Career Development Institute (CDI) welcomes National Careers…
The Growing Importance of Emotional Intelligence As the workplace continues to evolve, technical skills alone are no longer enough to guarantee career success. Employers increasingly…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 786: 1st March 2025 | Connecting the Dots on Skills and Employability. This is the weekly e-newsletter and e-journal by…
New data from the ONS shows a persistent wage gap between HR leaders based in the South and North of the UK, with those in…
I am fascinated by AI. It is clearly a technology that will transform almost everything we do in life and in work. A personal inflection…
China’s ambitious international education strategy, driven by the “Belt and Road Initiative” (2013) and “China’s Education Modernisation 2035” (2019), presents significant opportunities for collaboration with…
Whole government response essential to local authorities’ financial sustainability Local government finances are becoming unsustainable, due to increasing demand on essential frontline services; the impact…
94% of NHS staff understand their role in protecting the organisation from cyber-attacks, yet only 36% believe current measures are sufficient, new online research from…
Total young people who were not in education, employment or training (NEET) An estimated 13.4% of all people aged 16 to 24 years in the…
The Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has named Professor Edward William Peck CBE as her preferred candidate to be the next Chair of the Office for…
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