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...
PROSPECTIVE students will have Spring in their step at a series of college open events. Coleg Cambria is to showcase its wide range of courses,…
The February 2025 Labour market overview for the UK has been released by the Office for National Statistics. Estimates for payrolled employees in the UK…
The Court of Appeal has handed down its much-anticipated judgment in the case of Higgs v Farmor’s School. Although the case is about an employee’s…
Dyslexia is one of the most common neurodivergent conditions, yet many workplaces still view it through a deficit-based lens. Despite affecting around 10% of the…
As a Careers Adviser, I have spent many years working with young people with ADHD and related conditions such as autism, dyslexia and dyspraxia, as well…
Two GXO colleagues will learn valuable skills in robotics, AI and programming over the three-and-a-half-year course at MK:U GXO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: GXO), the world’s…
The latest round of funding has opened today looking for ideas to improve assessment within vocational education. Supported by NCFE and Ufi VocTech Trust, the…
From Paul Sceeny, Co-chair and trustee of the membership body for ESOL teachers -the National Association of Teaching English and Community Languages to Adults (NATECLA)…
An Apprenticeships Fair held at the Senedd in Cardiff on Wednesday has been declared a “fantastic” success by Welsh work-based learning providers. Members of the…
Hydrogen Safe, the hydrogen safety training specialist, is working in partnership with South East and East London, City of London Institutes of Technology to deliver…
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