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...
Miss Macaroon passed a major training milestone this week as part of its 14th birthday celebrations. The Birmingham-based social enterprise, which invests every penny of…
The transformation of skills recognition continues to gather pace. Traditional paper-based certification is being replaced by digital badges that recognise new forms of learning and…
A new education partnership designed to boost the number of qualified tilers in the UK has been launched by Topps Tiles. The UK’s number one…
One of The Lancashire and Cumbria Institute of Technology (IoT) partner colleges, Nelson and Colne College Group (NCCG), has once again been rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted – the…
For anything to change in government policy three things are generally needed. The timing has to be right, there needs to be some workable solutions…
Ribble Valley MP Maya Ellis believes the Lancashire and Cumbria Institute of Technology is laying the right foundations to support the region’s housebuilding targets –…
Leading national training provider, With-you Consultancy Ltd, have been crowned AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group’s (AIM) 2024 Quality Mark Centre of the Year for their…
In my recent article, I began to explore why Green Changemakers, a ‘second operating system’ in organisations, has the potential to move us forward with…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 785: 22nd February 2025 | Trust, Fraud & Reform: Navigating the FE Sector’s Biggest Challenges This is the weekly e-newsletter…
A group of dedicated students from New City College have successfully graduated from the 10-week MetGirlz programme – receiving certificates and glowing tributes for their…
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