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...
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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The recent speech from @GavinWilliamson on #FEReform indicated that the autumn White Paper would set out plans “to build a world class, German-style further education…
In a few week’s time hundreds of thousands of young people will be opening envelopes to reveal their GCSE and A level results. It is…
As we enter a difficult time for education. A time of responsibility, resetting the guidance and delivery due to the Covid 19 lockdown. A movement…
Organisations increasingly understand the value of having a diverse workforce – something that research has proven time and time again. Just last year McKinsey found…
Wow! What a few months that was. I don’t know about you but I didn’t study a module in pandemic leadership when I did my…
The impact of COVID-19 is being felt by businesses around the world. Leaders are navigating a broad range of interrelated issues that span from keeping…
Following the ease of lockdown, many young people and adults are thinking about the opportunities that may or may not lie ahead in the coming…
The pandemic has shown the importance of the health and care workforce. Yet, this is a sector that has an urgent need to fill skills…
I have always upheld the view that in education – particularly the FE sector – leaders should endeavour to do the right thing, put their…
The pandemic has swiftly opened up the frontier of at-home learning and accelerated the adoption of teaching software across schools, universities and even businesses. Learning…
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