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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As any baker will tell you, baking a cake is a precise science. Accurate measurement of ingredients, temperature and cooking time are essential to producing…
A young person looking to enter the construction industry generally has two routes, personal contacts/word of mouth, or through an apprenticeship. If that young person…
Today, the Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, has announced measures to improve the quality and increase the take-up of higher technical education (HTE). These include new…
The last few months of a lockdown has enabled us to reflect on our priorities in life, what our purpose in life is and to…
As universities look ahead to the next academic year with ‘blended’ styles of learning in mind, they will also likely be looking for ways to…
With the staggered return of students to schools and colleges in England in recent weeks and a wider return later this year, there is still…
Graham Hasting-Evans from @NOCNGroup discusses the Chancellor @RishiSunak’s Summer Economic Statement COVID-19 presents the greatest challenge to our Country since World War Two. Accordingly, we need actions…
Distance learning has taken a huge leap forward in the past decade with the evolution of tech-aided solutions. Even before the Covid-19 lockdown, there was…
Cash is king, is an often-used statement in the commercial world. And it is true, businesses do not fail because of lack of profit but…
So the English Apprenticeship ‘guarantee’ is here And although it isn’t a guarantee. The apprenticeship hiring incentive is a series of welcome incentives for employers: £1,000 for…
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