For decades, young people have been encouraged to see vocational routes as alternatives to success rather than central to it. Yet at this very moment,...
The 2026-2027 WISE Prize for Education invites education innovators to turn boldideas into real‑world impact. As someone deeply engaged in improving learning outcomes and advancing...
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...
The Sheffield College is a finalist in three categories of an awards scheme championing the work of educational institutions in the North. Celebrating excellence and…
New research from AAT reveals that outdated perceptions and uneven access to opportunity are shrinking the talent pipeline for UK accounting and finance roles. AAT has today published its Filling the Gap…
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) is taking steps to help tackle qualifications fraud with the launch of a new certificate validation tool. As…
Facilities will help upgrade thousands of older Midlands homes South & City College Birmingham (SCCB) welcomed Richard Parker, Mayor of the West Midlands, to officially…
An institute for women and girls has been praised by the government body Ofsted for its delivery of quality educational standards in helping to improve…
easyJet is set to donate hundreds of crew iPads to students in need following findings that one in five children are digitally excluded in the…
Youngsters get sessions from professionals who have links to Oscar winner Jordan Peele and Phillipe Gaulier who taught the likes of Emma Thompson and David…
If Episode One of Defunded, Not Derailed set the scene and explored the shifting post-16 landscape, the defunding of certain Level 3 qualifications, the rise…
A lecturer at @BordersCollege is helping to open up conversations about the menopause after publishing a new book designed to help men better understand and…
Waltham Forest College proudly hosted the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Pat McFadden, for the national media launch of a landmark youth employment…
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