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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...
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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...
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Recently, I visited PET-Xi in Coventry, and I left with a feeling I know all too well: admiration, frustration and a deep sense of déjà...
Practitioners, leaders, researchers and advocates gathered in London to do something the sector urgently needed: not just name the problem, but co-design the route out...
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#ALevel and #GCSE #ResultsDay – A Low Moral Ebb On Monday 17 August FE News published a piece on a lack of ethics in AI[1] which…
In a follow up to my article on ‘Is there a future for teaching black british history?’ a number of comments and questions have been…
£172 million new funding to double nursing #apprentices Money talks, and if the attendance at the information sharing event on the new funding for…
Workers in labour-intensive and lower-paid sectors will be hardest hit Before the onset of Covid-19 and nationwide ‘lockdowns,’ nearly one-in-five UK workers were in a…
The controversy surrounding the grading of this year’s A-level results in Scotland and the rest of the UK are merely another stage in a year…
The ethical implications of #AI Silvia (co-author) is far more sophisticated in her use of LinkedIn than am I. She did a quick survey of…
As #ALevelResults are revealed, it’s vital that we teach digital skills to young people to future proof their futures and our economic growth We know…
“Is this the biggest education f***-up ever?” asked TES editor Ann Mroz, after watching a barrage of heartbreak, fury and frustration erupt on social media…
#ResultsDay 2020 – A fog of uncertainty has created a new peak of anger and worry Before coronavirus, too many young people from poorer backgrounds…
The Fluff A very good friend of mine, Jeremy, who is responsible for the recruitment of high flyers into his organisation, told me recently that…
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