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...
There’s a gulf between where many NEET young people are and where employers need them to be so that they can thrive in a job. The UK must find ways to bridge that gulf -...
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As we enter a new decade, it’s truer than ever that data will continue to shape all of our decision making. Whether in our politics…
How has world of #remote education delivery changed, but still stayed the same? COVID-19 and the global pandemic certainly has changed the entire world of…
#LoveOurColleges – Colleges sit between students and employers. As they have increased in size through recent mergers, they have become significant anchors within their communities.…
Simon Reichwald, Strategic Lead for Talent at MyKindaFuture, the leading overlooked talent specialist, outlines his thoughts on why apprenticeships need to be seen in a…
“So – What Next?” Shaken not Stirred Is it too early to think post-virus? Pandemics are certainly not the exception in human history, they are in…
I keep hearing the word unprecedented .. ad nauseum. And education is certainly going through unprecedented times. But “unprecedented” shouldn’t be used as an excuse.…
Professor Richard Ryan, one of the world’s leading researchers on human motivation and the co-developer of Self-Determination Theory (SDT), believes the secret to a happier…
Women CEOs: Fighting For Representation This month marks the third annual deadline for UK businesses (over 250 employees) to publish their Gender Pay Gap data.…
The younger generation is both criticised and congratulated for their use of technology at the same time. While excessive exposure to screens can be detrimental…
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought far-reaching change at an unprecedented rate across all aspects of our lives. Post-16 education is no exception and colleges have…
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