For decades, young people have been encouraged to see vocational routes as alternatives to success rather than central to it. Yet at this very moment,...
The 2026-2027 WISE Prize for Education invites education innovators to turn boldideas into real‑world impact. As someone deeply engaged in improving learning outcomes and advancing...
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...
The latest REC JobsOutlook shows employers’ confidence in the economy slightly increased heading into the new year, suggesting that some of the gloomier UK economic…
Leading training provider PHX Training has partnered with Blackpool Council to deliver a training contract designed to help residents improve their digital skills and boost…
PROPOSALS have been submitted for a 50-bedroom student accommodation building at a leading land-based college. Coleg Cambria plans to further develop its Llysfasi campus following…
ESCP Professors Alisa Sydow and Philip Meissner have been named to the 2025 Thinkers50 Radar List. The annual list highlights 30 promising voices whose ideas…
Blackpool South MP Chris Webb says the Lancashire and Cumbria Institute of Technology (IoT) will be a driving force in his goal for the town…
This is part three in a series of articles exploring how individual capital impacts employability. You can read our second blog from this series here.…
As a founder of Mesma; a small business known for recruiting and advocating for a range of routes into work, it’s always good to read…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will today vow to go “further and faster” to kick start the economy, as she unveils new plans to deliver the Oxford-Cambridge…
Bryony Brain, an apprentice at DK Learning, of renowned publisher DK (Dorling Kindersley), has been awarded the prestigious AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group’s (AIM) 2024…
School pupils across Bradford have the chance to build a battery-powered kit car and race in an epic grand finale following the launch of the…
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