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...
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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...
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...
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The Skills Minister Robert Halfon will be questioned by the Education Committee in the final session of its inquiry into Careers Education, Information, Advice and…
Ahead of the budget on Wednesday, Robert West, Head of Education and Skills at the CBI (Confederation of British Industry) explains how reforming the Apprenticeship…
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expected to set out the ambition to get hundreds of thousands more people into work in his Budget next week. A…
“Pathway Group, a dynamic employability and skills provider dedicated to empowering individuals to upskill and transform communities, is excited to welcome several new starters to…
A new jobs board to enhance leadership opportunities for Black* professionals has been launched. The Black Leadership Group (BLG), a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to creating an…
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