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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Students who were due to take exams this year have had a unique struggle, facing uncertainty over their next steps. It is therefore crucial for…
Jamilah Simpson, aged 20, and Louis Curtis, aged 22, are members of panel of apprentices for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (@IfATechEd). Below they tell readers about…
Jennifer Coupland @IfATechEd reflects on the encouraging progress being made with #TLevels: The first T Levels launched this month in a climate that I doubt…
So another October comes round. Another #BlackHistoryMonth where we as educators, dust off the files and search for those posters and videos for students to…
I was one of the lockdown entrepreneurs. I started my business – a skills and corporate training provider – with a mission to give the best…
#FEReform – If A-level results day has taught us anything this year, it’s that education and fairness matter to young people. Of course, nobody wants to…
The future for FE and 5 ways to fully realise the PM’s “Lifetime Skills Guarantee” vision In Tuesday’s speech from Exeter College, Prime Minister Boris…
Five ‘big ideas’ which are vital to ensure the UK skills sector is able to play the critical role it should in post Covid19 recovery …
The rising challenges of life after the pandemic Talk about automation and technological disruptions feels overshadowed. We now have a more immediate challenge to tackle:…
There is now a pressing need to flex the ability of the National Careers Service providers across England to work with those who become a…
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