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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...
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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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Collaboration between businesses and universities is common and encouraged in Russia. What seems to be unique about Russia is that universities here tend to be…
A new time for ‘The Levellers’? The group of radicals during the English civil war known as The Levellers, were firmly of the view that…
The impact of End point assessment on the role of trainers One of the things around the Ofsted inspection is that we don’t inspect endpoint…
How apprenticeships can save the world The 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos played out the same way it has previously. World leaders, business executives…
Before I talk about the future, I’ll talk about where we are now. Ofsted isn’t everything, however we all understand it so let me use…
With the second anniversary of the apprenticeship levy fast becoming a distant memory, it is fair to say the Government’s flagship apprenticeship service has not…
The world of work is changing; we are in the midst of a revolution fuelled by technological advancement, the change in the labour market and…
The answer must surely be YES. Young people do not want “grown-ups” to know they are using drugs and / or alcohol at dangerous levels.…
I had the privilege recently of speaking at the Association of Colleges’ Governance Summit in London. ACCT Chair Connie Hornbeck and President and CEO J.…
The Skills Commission Inquiry, co-chaired by former Skills Minister John Hayes MP and Barry Sheerman MP, has been jointly launched by Policy Connect and the…
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