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...
AN inspirational mother who returned to education after nearly a decade in the UK has been named one of Wales’s top adult learners. Maryam Avazzadeh…
FEMALE students at South Thames College boosted their confidence in public speaking and making presentations thanks to a partnership with an inspirational careers expert. The…
Imperial has launched Imperial Lifelong Learning, a university-wide initiative that translates the university’s world-leading research into real-world capability for individuals, organisations and society, extending the impact…
East Sussex College students have once again achieved outstanding success in the prestigious Royal Ballet and Opera Design Challenge, continuing an exceptional run of success…
The government’s latest skills funding update has undoubtedly caused some uncertainty for businesses that rely on apprenticeships to upskill their workforce. With specific leadership and…
Double Olympic swimming gold medallist Becky Adlington was guest of honour at a special event to launch a new flagship learning centre in East London.…
In today’s hospitality industry, design is no longer just about aesthetics, it’s about creating experiences. From the moment a guest steps into a hotel lobby…
CITB highlights the amount of transferable skills from offshore workers into the construction industry, and the funding and training available for people The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is urging offshore workers to…
Industry leaders have called for an overhaul of graduate job pathways amid entry-level roles coming under threat from AI and economic turbulence, risking future talent…
Skills England has concluded there is no strong enough economic rationale to exempt any Level 7 apprenticeships from defunding, in evidence published this week that…
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