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...
Something struck me recently at the Breaking Barriers / NEET Collective, held in central London on 2nd June 2026 - a FE News and Edge...
Recently, I visited PET-Xi in Coventry, and I left with a feeling I know all too well: admiration, frustration and a deep sense of déjà...
Practitioners, leaders, researchers and advocates gathered in London to do something the sector urgently needed: not just name the problem, but co-design the route out...
There’s a gulf between where many NEET young people are and where employers need them to be so that they can thrive in a job. The UK must find ways to bridge that gulf -...
Alan Milburn’s Young People and Work interim report should land as a national alarm bell. Nearly one million young people are now not in education,...
Recently, I visited PET-Xi in Coventry, and I left with a feeling I know all too well: admiration, frustration and a deep sense of déjà…
Nearly six million children and young people can now access mental health support in their school or college. This is around 800,000 more pupils than last…
Oaklands College will be the educational sponsor of Umbrellafest 2026, the annual summer festival organised by Electric Umbrella, taking place on Saturday 20 June in…
A COMMITMENT to learner wellbeing, inclusion and student representation has been recognised with a major national award. A leading North Wales further education provider has…
New research by HR software and eLearning content provider Ciphr has revealed people’s biggest career regrets. Based on a poll of 2,000 UK employees, nearly…
Portland College was delighted to receive a generous donation of 100 laptops from long-term partner Capita, supporting the College’s digital strategy and helping to expand…
Professional technology training and skills provider IN4 Group has secured the contract to deliver TechFirst on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology…
Back in 1877, a leader column in the Times wrote on the rise of a new invention heralded by some as a revolutionary technological development:…
Practitioners, leaders, researchers and advocates gathered in London to do something the sector urgently needed: not just name the problem, but co-design the route out…
A talented hair and beauty duo from Burton and South Derbyshire College (BSDC) have secured places in the regional heats of the prestigious WorldSkills competition.…
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