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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Not only have apprentices lost their positions, had their ‘guaranteed’ jobs taken away and lost their 20% off-the-job training: they have also been furloughed on…
“Climate change and sustainability are at the heart of what we do”… how many organisations can truly say that? Here @DandGCollege we can proudly say this, having…
Colleges’ understanding of their role and contribution to the growth and prosperity of the economy in Northern Ireland is driven by a fundamental commitment to…
The current pandemic has completely changed our professional and personal lives. With employees being forced to work from home, many individuals have had to balance…
The latest research briefing note from the Federation for Industry Sector Skills and Standards (FISSS) uses the most recent data from the DfE, HMRC and…
Since September 2019, all new apprentices that need to study functional skills have been enrolled onto new, reformed, functional skills qualifications. A change of this…
The question is relevant today. Many people in #FE have had their work disrupted recently. I don’t think I can remember a time when GCSEs…
“Let me begin by saying this,” says @TomBewick, “There is absolutely nothing ‘German-style’ about what the education secretary @GavinWilliamson proposes for the future of #FE,…
What’s going on in the labour market? In normal times I’d argue the Labour Force Survey (LFS) employment rate is the best headline measure for…
I have been working with a number of new end-point assessment organisations, over the past few months, helping to set up their service. An interesting…
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