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...
Students from Oaklands College enjoyed an inspiring and hands‑on experience at a recent Next Tech Girls Insight Day, hosted at Tesco’s Head Office in Welwyn Garden City.…
Former student and Great Britain’s first female Paralympic snowboarder returns to motivate current learners The Henley College was proud to welcome back former student and…
AI is beginning to shape young people’s transitions from education to work. Increasingly, career development practitioners are using large language models to support guidance sessions and for resource creation…
A hard-working New City College student was chosen from thousands of other young people across the country as the winner of a prestigious Future Apprentice…
New City College was proud to have been chosen to host a visit from the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission with Responsibility for Social…
A pioneering programme of construction bootcamps in London is helping fast-track hundreds of women into skilled roles as demand for qualified plant operators continues to…
The Skills White Paper claims colleges have been treated as “second rate” despite impressive results compared to others. Does our misaligned quality model and music…
A HIGH-LEVEL delegation from Ireland visited north east Wales to explore how further education is supporting bilingualism and strengthening language, culture and tradition for future…
As schools across the UK prepare to mark World Creativity and Innovation Week (15–21 April) and Creativity and Innovation Day on 21 April, many teachers are looking for…
There is a persistent and costly misunderstanding at the heart of workforce design in Further Education. We continue to measure people against roles that were…
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