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 -...
For years, speculation has dominated discussions about AI’s impact on jobs—will it replace workers, or simply enhance productivity? Now, new data from Anthropic provides the…
The Fast-Moving Beast The progress in AI-driven coding has been nothing short of incredible. OpenAI’s O3 model has already achieved an ELO rating in competitive…
Employers from acute, community, social care, primary care and voluntary sector gathered at a special Health and Wellbeing Apprenticeship event at the University of Winchester. …
Northampton College’s positive impact on the community will come under the spotlight during Colleges Week. The week is being held from Monday, March 3, to…
London – Elisabeth Kelan, the distinguished Professor of Leadership and Organisation at King’s Business School, King’s College London, has been named the recipient of the…
EngineeringUK is publishing a series of briefings drawing on research conducted with 800 STEM teachers from across the UK, to better understand how STEM (science,…
Imagine designing an enclosure for poison dart frogs—not just any enclosure, but one optimised for space, safety, and sustainability. This may not be the first…
Trailblazing business leaders who have helped shape the UK economy, launched hundreds of successful companies and created thousands of jobs are giving back to the…
Barking & Dagenham College was a hotbed of activity when hundreds of employers and students convened for a day of competitions and activities. The Skills…
Nelson and Colne College Group welcomed Minister for Skills, Jacqui Smith, as part of National Apprenticeship Week celebrations. Minister Smith was met by Principal Lisa…
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