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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...
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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...
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Ian Pryce discusses how data shows that colleges in the education sector are often overlooked and compared unfairly to schools and universities and how closing…
A new chef academy specialising in British Asian cuisine is set to enhance the Catering & Hospitality training on offer at Bradford College. The MyLahore Academy will…
The recently introduced Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill is a welcome development for those in the Further Education (FE) sector, as it signals…
CFA Society UK (“CFA UK”) has opened applications for the second year of its Young Women in Investment programme (YWI), to accelerate the change needed…
OLDHAM College has been appointed as a Centre for Excellence in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The FE institution is one of two new…
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Nominations are still open for the Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards which highlights and promotes social mobility, diversity, inclusion and equity in apprenticeships. The awards, happening for…
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