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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Even though students returned to school, college and university a few weeks ago, there is no guarantee how long they will be learning in classrooms…
The Government’s Approach to Adult Skills There is much to welcome in the Prime Minister’s announcements on Adult Skills. England needs better technical education and…
A call to action to all FE Chairs…. Further Education leadership, governance and management does not adequately represent the make-up of some of the communities it…
The theme of this year’s #WorldMentalHealthDay (10 Oct) is ‘Mental Health for All.’ While such an aspiration is admirable, one has to question if it…
Ahead of #WorldMentalHealthDay tomorrow (10 Oct), @ProfAmandaKirby looks at how to move away from categorisation or over-simplistic labeling, to provide a person-centered approach for each learner: The…
#TechForGood – How digital services can help build sustainable communities FE leaders have a critical role both in their own organisations and as part of…
#SkillsWorldLive Exclusive: @BorisJohnson’s speech at @ExeterCollege on 29th Sept set out the Prime Minister’s plans for a #LifetimeSkillsGuarantee to transform the training and skills system…
£120 million to secure the next wave of Institutes of Technologies In an exclusive interview today (8 Oct) with FE News, @BorisJohnson was able to…
Gatsby Benchmark 4 at the Centre Measurement, comparison, competition, quality assurance – these are all important parts of any system. But when they become the…
Like practically every country around the world the COVID-19 pandemic has presented many challenges to economies and businesses, crippling and in some cases paralysing even…
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