It’s been a couple of weeks since the Milburn report was published, and I like everyone have been digesting the report and the analysis. Like a well-trained student,...
Britain’s NEET crisis is no longer a warning sign; it is a structural failure. The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures (Jan-March 2026) estimate...
Across further and higher education, widening participation has become one of the defining policy priorities of the past two decades. Institutions have rightly focused on...
Young people today are entering a world in upheaval. Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, record-breaking temperatures, and the accelerating rise of AI is...
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...
A cohesive approach to tackling skill shortages is the focus for Regional Skills Hub manager, Dan Baldwin Trading in the sun and surf of Australia’s…
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has awarded the contract to deliver the ACTIVE Cup project management competition to 20/20 Project Management Training. The…
The Department for Education is investing £6 million in two new research centres that will directly shape how education policy is made, putting the best…
As devolution reshapes England’s skills system and the second iteration of LSIPs comes into focus, attention is rightly turning to how regional ambition becomes delivery. Suzanne Slater, Commercial…
City & Guilds has today launched a formal consultation on a series of proposed organisational changes, with approximately 75 roles (6% of the workforce) likely…
Two Burton and South Derbyshire College (BSDC) Games Design students recently had their work selected for inclusion in a game by SplendidDog Games as part of an exciting…
Hertfordshire women are building confidence in everyday construction and home maintenance skills with the help of new adult learning courses delivered by a leading Hertfordshire…
When one in seven young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training (NEET) by the age of 23, this is not just a concerning statistic –…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 846: 9th May 2026. Will Apprenticeship Unit design change the focus of Providers? … and lessons from the worklessness capital.…
The Department for Work and Pensions has published the technical funding guide for apprenticeship units, the new short course offer that launched for new starts…
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