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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An uncomfortable juxtaposition We are all very familiar with the sector’s case for more funding. On the one side, there is disparity compared with what…
In the early 2000’s I spent a few years working for Volkswagen. It was probably the most enlightening period of my career. I learned a lot…
I’ve worked with hundreds of different people in all kinds of businesses and it’s interesting how often the phrase ‘political correctness’ comes up when we…
UTC Students Experience The Benefits Of Project-based Learning Since the start of 2019, barely a day has passed without employers, business organisations, politicians, and other…
In late July 2018, UK education secretary Damian Hinds, gave his first major speech on the issue of social mobility to the Resolution Foundation. The…
The recent news that apprenticeship external quality assurance bodies, known as EQAs, are charging significantly different variable rates for their services is a mess. Some…
This year marks the 140th anniversary of the City & Guilds Group. At this historic milestone, Managing Director Kirstie Donnelly looks forward to the future…
Creating an Equality, Diversity & Inclusion brand is something that many organisations choose to do, as a way of promoting intentions and goals around Equality,…
“Technology will never replace great teachers, but technology in the hands of great teachers is transformational” – George Couros These days it is widely recognised…
Bridging the skills gap I was fortunate enough to join David Willett of the Open University (OU) on a radio day recently where we discussed…
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