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,...
The Milburn Report landed with the force of a statistic that should stop us all in our tracks. Over one million young people in England…
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 –…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 850: 6th June 2026. Could A Skills Compass Help Us Navigate The NEET Crisis And Deliver 1.8 Million New Jobs?…
Recent data from the UK Government’s Young People and Work Report found that one in seven ‘neets’ (those not in education, employment or training) have…
The 5% Club has launched its 2025/26 Impact Report during its Summer Reception at the House of Lords, showcasing a year of significant growth, increased…
Staff members at a leading Derby IT company which has seen its busiest volunteering year yet have voiced joy at being given the chance to…
NOCN Group has officially launched NOCN Asia during a strategic visit to Malaysia.The visit marks an important step in the organisation’s long-term commitment to international…
The 5% Club has presented two Special Recognition Awards for Youth Employment during its Summer Reception at the House of Lords on 3 June 2026,…
Mainstream 16 to 19 providers are named among eligible settings, but an early years steer and a warning over years 2 and 3 mean the…
The programme follows CITB establishing strategic relationships with mayoral and local authorities The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has today launched a new Accelerated Apprenticeships programme to help deliver the Government’s…
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