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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Across the next decade and beyond, job occupations previously unheard of will become commonplace – #robotic engineers, data technicians – demanding new and deeper skill…
#UntappedPotential The UK’s labour market is amidst a transformational and unpredictable period driven by a changing political landscape and rapidly advancing technologies. Meanwhile, we are…
#Budget2020 – People, Place and Purpose at the Heart of Politics Back in 2015, the Government pledged to create £3 million more apprenticeship starts by 2020. Despite…
Tackling the biggest labour market challenge of all: The Great British Talent Challenge What is the single biggest challenge facing the labour market across Britain? The…
Despite some criticism, the evidence is that management degree apprenticeships are creating opportunities in just the #LeftBehind regions, sectors and socio-economic groups that need them…
This week, the new Chancellor will deliver the first Budget from a government with a sizable majority for nearly a decade. The election result gives…
On #InternationalWomansDay #IWD2020 let’s consider what it really means for a brand to be empowering and inspiring For a brand to truly resonate with modern…
As we recognise and celebrate achievements in addressing gender equality on #InternationalWomensDay #IWD20 today(8 Mar), Jan Ward CBE @EUSkills discusses the positive economic impact of…
We are due a budget next week and it will outline the new Governments plans for further investment in FE & skills (in England at…
Ending today #NationalCareersWeek ran from 2 to 6 March 2020. To mark it, Laura Bell @EdDevTrust considers the importance of guidance and information for parents supporting…
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