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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The new Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers has now been launched and providers currently on the Register will be invited to reapply before the year…
The new Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers has now been launched and providers currently on the Register will be invited to reapply before the year…
New research shows that £3bn of Apprenticeship Levy funds are going unused, and suggests that if the rules were changed this surplus cash could be…
Ahead of National Apprenticeship Week 2019, HR director at findcourses.co.uk, Liza Andersin, has given her insight into everything you need to know about apprenticeships with…
Every student is different. In recognizing that, educators not only accentuate the differences that exist between students of various ages or intellectual abilities, but also…
As the Office for Students announces today (28 Feb) a new ‘What Works’ centre to help universities analyse evidence on the impact of different approaches to…
On-demand learning may not yet be a matter of instinct for everyone, but the time when it must be is upon us. Continuous on-demand learning…
It’s easy to make assumptions about why young people do what they do or behave as they do and it’s rare to hear first-hand views…
It’s time for FE Leaders to pick up the LGBT+ baton I can’t consciously recall the moment I knew I was able to love, romantically,…
I’m disturbed to hear of a dishonest and exploitative practice affecting further education right now. Independent schools and universities who rely on international students to…
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