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...
Two students from Northampton College will be spending time as interns at one of the country’s leading landscape architecture firms after winning a competition judged…
ACT learner, Ifeoluwa Anipupo, was recognised as the Essential Skills Learner of the Year at the annual Success Through Skills Awards. The awards, which took…
But calls for a stronger focus on investment in skills and training to match the pace of EV uptake The Institute of the Motor Industry…
More apprentices are completing their programmes than at any point in the last seven years. The national achievement rate rose to 65.4% in 2024/25, up…
Science provision sits at the heart of learner progression into healthcare, engineering, laboratory sciences and a wide range of STEM careers. As qualification reform reshapes…
Wales’s hospitality sector is navigating one of the most turbulent periods in its modern history. Despite its central role in the nation’s economy—contributing £3.8 billion…
National Training Federation for Wales strategic director Lisa Mytton has congratulated more than 600 talented young people for their outstanding performance at this year’s Skills…
As the workplace continues to evolve at pace, one thing is clear: our skills system needs to keep up. The government’s recent announcement of V…
Each year, thousands of young people leave school and face their first real decision about their future in an economy increasingly shaped by digital technology…
Minority ethnic groups and disabled people are to benefit as the government commits to introducing mandatory ethnicity and disability pay‑gap reporting for large employers. Firms…
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