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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Using evidence to inform decisions across FE and adult learning is more important than ever. In a post-pandemic world where investment decisions need to be…
“Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act.” Albert Einstein The recent murder of George Floyd in America has led to…
There’s no going back. There, now you don’t need to read the rest of this article. But seriously, I am writing this from a sunny…
Apprenticeships deliver social mobility. That’s something everyone agrees with. There is a mountain of evidence to confirm the benefits for workplace learners: enhanced career earnings,…
Coronavirus has held up a mirror to our society, showing us the best and worst of ourselves. The recent Social Mobility Commission report offers three…
My introduction to neurodiversity was when I was diagnosed with dyslexia at university. The term “neurodiversity” is used to describe the cognitive diversity of the…
Everywhere you go (not literally!) it’s ‘new normal’ this and ‘new normal’ that and constant speculation about what the ‘new normal’ may or may not…
T Levels are Ready for Take-Off The impressive new T levels are sitting on the launch-pad ready for take-off, one of the few things that can…
It used to be said that inspections of training providers could be ‘won and lost on your data’ and that data ‘told the story of…
Further Education, Professional and Occupational Pedagogy This series of articles is taken from the research monograph, Further Education, Professional and Occupational Pedagogy: Knowledge and Experiences…
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