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Dr Paul Tully

The NEET Diagnosis is Shocking, it’s Time for Action not Rhetoric

By FEThink - Smarter Education

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...

Afzal Sayed Munna

Academic Blind Spots and the Six-Point Check: Widening Access, Retention and Employability for the Next Generation of Leaders

By Afzal Sayed Munna

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...

Jamie O'Halloran

Britain’s Young People are Losing Faith in their Future

By The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)

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...

Jeanette Wheeler, Chief People Officer, MHR

Why the youth jobs crisis is really a skills mismatch

By MHR

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...

Baz Ramaiah

Taking Apart the Youth Employment System: Three Lessons from Breaking Barriers

By Youth Employment UK

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...

Claire Bennison

Britain’s skills gap won’t be solved by narrowing opportunity, it will be solved by widening it 

By AAT

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...

robert west

Breaking Barriers: Why Tackling NEET Requires System Change, Not Another Initiative

By Rob West

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...

Nathan Whitbread, Founder of The Neurodivergent Coach

No More Sheep Dip: What the SEND Transition Collective Revealed About Equity, Courage, and the Boxes We Need to Break

By Nathan Whitbread

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...

Vikki Smith

Why FE and Skills Matters to the Future of Young People and Work

By Education Training Foundation

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...

Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE, UK, EU and International careers policy, research and practice specialist

Is the Social Contract with Young People Broken and Can We Fix It?

By Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE

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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