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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During the Covid-19 pandemic, data science modelling has been used to justify government actions around lockdowns, the easing of measures and the reintroduction of restrictions on a…
Against the backdrop of COVID the rate of change around us has accelerated – changes in technology, industries, careers, learning, lifestyles. And the role of…
For as long as there have been people, we have passed on knowledge. For millennia, communities all around the world have transmitted what they know.…
During the coronavirus pandemic, @RishiSunak has succeeded where many in the cabinet have failed and managed to keep the public on side, with 64% of…
Let’s be clear, careers education is not new, and nor is the practice of employers engaging with schools and colleges. But for decades it has…
Following the announcement of the global pandemic earlier this year, schools around the world closed their gates for the foreseeable future, not knowing if and…
Pivoting Careers In the changed world economies post pandemic it is highly likely that the career options for most people will change quite substantially. It…
@ukEdge response to #SpendingReview 2020 #SR20 In his own words, the Chancellor highlighted that the UK is facing an “economic emergency” as he revealed a…
With precisely one month to go until Christmas, yesterday (25 Nov) was the government’s spending review. In normal times, this would see the Chancellor donning…
Schools and colleges do a great job of protecting their students, staff and facilities with appropriate physical security. But the recent — and rapid —…
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