The apprenticeship sector in England has spent much of the last decade focused on delivery, quality and employer engagement. The next phase is likely to...
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...
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 779: 11th January 2025 | Are we in a short-term skills trap? How do we Build tomorrow’s workforce from the…
COLEG CAMBRIA rallied behind a popular tennis academy which went from strength to strength in 2024. The strategic partnership between Cambria and Table Tennis Wales…
Rising star of international karate Carla Rudkin-Guillen showed her class by ranking seventh in the world at the Karate World Championships in Italy recently. Seventeen-year-old…
The Autumn Budget provided an additional £300m revenue funding for further education for financial year 2025 to 2026 to ensure young people are developing the…
A culinary arts apprentice at South Eastern Regional College (SERC) has secured a place in the final of the International Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM)…
Multiply learners are celebrating after achieving numeracy qualifications which will help take their careers to the next level. Olwen Rowlands, Hafwen Ellis, Jessica Williams and…
Once again, the UK has become the ‘sick man of Europe’, but this time in a very literal sense. The UK is currently the only…
The Joint Council for Qualifications has published the results tables for the November 2024 GCSE series. These results comprise results for GCSE English language and maths…
Compared to European countries, the UK needs an extra 4 million homes to fully alleviate the housing crisis. In this context the Government’s commitment to…
As colleges and training organisations open their doors for 2025, the further education and skills sector faces both familiar challenges and fresh opportunities. Drawing on…
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