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...
YOUNG railway engineer Terrell Rose said persistence and passion in applying the skills he learnt at South Thames College Group helped him turn a work…
After a rigorous national bidding process, City College Plymouth has been successful as one of only five further education colleges across the UK to be…
A skilled apprentice from Rycotewood Furniture Centre based at City of Oxford College and University Centre has been selected to represent the UK at WorldSkills Shanghai 2026, known as the ‘Skills Olympics,’ where the world’s most…
They are the UK’s finest young professionals, the future of our workforce, now they stand ready to compete on the world stage in a contest…
Students at Northampton College are being shown the “devastating” impact of coercive or controlling behaviour, with a thought-provoking photography exhibition putting the effect it can…
As apprenticeships are, by definition, an employment-based programme, you might reasonably expect the pattern of apprenticeship starts to broadly track trends in the labour market. Having worked in the sector for over 20…
Around 65,000 learners will now have access to training for high-demand jobs in Britain’s fastest-growing industries, as the government rolls out the next wave of…
Mark Dacey, CEO of NPTC Group of Colleges, has announced he will be stepping down from his role later this year, describing it as “the…
Oaklands College was delighted to welcome Claire Knowles from BBC Studios to its Welwyn Garden City Campus, offering students an exceptional opportunity to gain first…
NOCN Group is addressing a key challenge in skills reform: the lack of consistency, trust and interoperability in skills passporting. Under the leadership of Chief…
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