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...
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...
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The publication of the Skills for jobs: Lifelong learning for opportunity and growth white paper has led to a flurry of policy analyses and political…
Educational institutions are already dealing with the exponential growth of the data they handle. Now, as the national lockdown continues and schools across the country…
Over the last three years, there have been enough pivots, swivels and pirouettes in ministers’ attitudes to the #Augar review to fill a series of…
Better Processes – Management is the Key! 2020 is a year I think we will all wish to consign to the bin! But one positive…
We are currently in the midst of one of the greatest health and financial crises the country has ever seen, and yet despite this there…
Five key areas of vital importance for the #YouthJobsGaps Almost a year ago I stood in front of a fairly sizable audience at Park Plaza…
The Secretary of State @GavinWilliamson calls the long awaited #SkillsforJobs white paper a “blueprint” for the future of further education. Rather than being revolutionary with…
The existing digital skills gap sees the UK lose out on £63 billion every year. And, with increased digitalisation across even traditional sectors, this figure…
This week the Gatsby Foundation has published The Opportunity for Learning Factories in the UK, the report I have been working on for them over…
Skills for Jobs: Lifelong Learning for Opportunity and Growth – The Case for Investment in demand-side Careers Support and Incentives The Government’s White Paper, Skills…
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