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...
Why trust, not technology, is emerging as the defining challenge as AI adoption accelerates across the sector The debate around artificial intelligence in assessment is…
Safaraz Ali, founder of the Multicultural Apprenticeship & Skills Alliance, has spoken of his pride after receiving an MBE in recognition of his services to…
Nearly 200 secondary school students from across the UK are finalists of The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Competition 2026. Selected from almost…
The educational charity NCFE has today (21 April) announced finalists across six categories for its upcoming Aspiration Awards. Launched by the leader in vocational and technical education in 2018, the awards honour the success of learners,…
With this first edition of the SPARK Start-Up Summit, Les Roches Crans-Montana has laid the foundations for a new forum dedicated to the major transformations…
A “green sweep” of achievements is helping strengthen Coleg Cambria’s reputation as one of the UK’s most sustainable and forward-thinking educators. The college is preparing…
Leading prison education provider will continue delivering education and training to support individuals in finding employment after release Novus will deliver education in public prisons…
Scaffolding has come down on the new Bradford College Junction Mills building on Thornton Road, set to open in September this year. Junction Mills will…
Burton and South Derbyshire College (BSDC) is developing an exciting new partnership with South Korean dermatological skincare brand, FATION, exploring how K‑Beauty principles can be…
The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) Labour Market Data has been released for December 2025 to February 2026. UK unemployment rate for people aged…
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