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...
Prospective students are invited to take their next step towards September studies at an upcoming Open Event in Buxton. The University of Derby – Buxton…
Entries have opened for this year’s Leeds Manufacturing Festival Awards, with manufacturing and engineering employers across West Yorkshire being encouraged to put forward their most…
A report from Prospects at Jisc and Institute of Student Employers (ISE) found more than one in ten students and early career professionals have already changed their career plans…
AI scores high as a supportive math learning tool for majority of teens queried A new survey sheds light on the study habits of some…
Catering students from The Sheffield College have triumphed at this year’s prestigious industry competition Zest Quest Asia. For the third time since 2022, the college…
Dumfries and Galloway College’s commitment to innovation and collaboration in learning has been recognised with an incredible 10 nominations at The Herald Education Awards 2026! …
Before our sector rushes to introduce apprenticeship quality measures, it’s time we made better use of the strongest public indicator we already have. An industry…
Vulnerable young people leaving the care system will be better supported following a review launched by the government today into the deaths of care leavers.…
Business finance provider UKSE is enabling young people to get into employment by funding a grants scheme to pay for practical steps to help them…
A new government consultation has put a long-running debate in the education sector into the spotlight, is it time to restructure English and maths GCSE…
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