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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Science apprenticeships are increasing after years of stagnation. It’s good news for young people wanting to enter the profession, but and it could also be…
Colleges That Don’t Plan Should Emulate Drought Stricken Cape Town It was as I sat drinking coffee, high in the “groves above academe”, that I…
It is becoming increasingly challenging for tutors in higher education to engage their students with learning materials through traditional methods. Technology is continuing to shape…
We’re at risk of missing out on the once-in-a-generation opportunities offered by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). The 4IR is defined by the interconnectivity of…
This Autumn, I’ve been running CPD days for those on the front line of delivering apprenticeships. These are small-group events where we’ve looked across the…
Colleges continue to face increased pressures, as expectations rise and funding is cut. It has therefore become more important than ever that all decisions not…
The higher education sector has received considerable attention this week. The Institute of Fiscal Studies’ (IfS) report on the impact of undergraduate degrees on early-career…
The role of the tertiary education system in meeting the work force challenges of the country has never been more important. As a society, we’re…
It seems that hardly a week goes by when we hear of another crisis of leadership in the FE sector, and by that I am…
Emotional and Mental Development when considering apprenticeships. Learning while you are earning is a popular career path for many young people, with over 900,000 learners…
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