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...
Over 240 students from 22 schools in East Anglia explored technology roles thanks to STEM Learning’s ‘I Belong’ programme, supported by Eastern Education Group (EEG),…
The Sandwell Colleges has once again demonstrated its commitment to delivering outstanding information, advice, and guidance (IAG) services by securing the matrix Standard accreditation for…
Melanie Nicholson, Managing Director of leading apprenticeship and work-based learning provider Total People, has welcomed some of the governments recently announced reforms to apprenticeships, while…
Fourteen A Level students from Gower College Swansea have been offered places to study at Oxford or Cambridge University in 2025. The students are all…
Lee Owston and Paul Joyce explain how the new Ofsted inspection framework will transform inspections for FE providers, detailing key changes including real-time feedback, streamlined…
It’s approaching a year since we finished the Green Changemakers pilot, a year where we’ve been supporting and energising one another in the community, co-creating…
Well its certainly been a tumultuous week or so in relation to apprenticeship policy and rules! As a result, I thought it would be good…
In National Apprenticeship Week 2025 (10th–16th February), Alex Burdon, Head of Qualifications & Accreditation at The OR Society highlighted the importance of apprenticeships in shaping…
A packed programme of activities was warmly received last week across South Hampshire College Group to celebrate apprenticeship and T Level qualifications as part of…
New Research Reveals Employers’ Failure to Recognise Employee Skills Risks Holding Back UK Productivity and Growth As the UK economy edges towards recession, thousands of…
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