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...
Students at Abingdon and Witney College put their creative skills to the test to mark National Storytelling Week with help from an award-winning PR and…
A unique and groundbreaking exhibition from Fife College, Connections: Beyond, will open later this month. Opening on Monday, 24 February 2025 at the Advanced Research…
Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT) is calling on more businesses from across the region to consider apprenticeships to upskill their workforce. BCoT is one of…
Linklaters’ Solicitor Apprentices, Saheer Syed and Tommy Hugaas, discuss the responsibilities and experiences they’ve gained through their apprenticeship and the benefits of choosing this route…
Corin Egglestone discusses the current state of Britain’s apprenticeship system and the government’s recent reforms as National Apprenticeship Week begins. While apprenticeships remain a vital…
Annick Platt, Director of Operations for prison education provider Novus, outlines how more can be done to help ensure that female offenders can access programmes…
As part of National Apprenticeship Week, global skills organisation City & Guilds has partnered with IBM to draw attention to the vast and underutilised role…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 783: 8th February 2025 | Is Ofsted’s new Report Card System ‘Causing Concern’ or is it ‘Exemplary’? This is the…
In a recent webinar, Pash Reddy from S&P Global, Steve George from CIPD, and Rise Up Country Director for UKI & NL, Camilia Miccolis examined…
A talented sports scholar is set to make her full debut at one of the most prestigious golfing tournaments in the world. Later this month,…
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