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 -...
Alan Milburn’s Young People and Work interim report should land as a national alarm bell. Nearly one million young people are now not in education,...
UK government and organisations are constantly discussing ongoing skills shortages and apprenticeships and employability, yet one of the biggest untapped resources that often gets overlooked...
The Level 4 AI and Automation Practitioner apprenticeship launched by Skills England has arrived at a difficult moment for the FE sector. The management apprenticeship...
The term NEET has long been used as shorthand for young people who are Not in Education, Employment or Training. It is often framed as...
New apprenticeship reforms could play an important role in improving diversity across the UK workforce, particularly as policymakers seek to widen access to skilled careers and address persistent barriers...
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@LeedsTrinity University is investing in its academic leadership and structures to support its new Strategic Plan, ambitions for portfolio development, and focus on the student…
Ages ago, when the industrial revolution had recently established roots in the UK, finding a job was super easy. It remained the same for as…
Applying for your first job can be an intimidating task. While studying, the working world can seem like a distant illusion that may never truly…
Sally Dicketts CBE will be succeeded by Gary Headland DL as the new CEO of Activate Learning (@Activate_Learn) on 1 April 2022. Sally Dicketts informed the Activate Learning Corporation Board in May, that she will…
BOA Digital Technologies (@imagineBOA) is a brand new, purpose-built 11-18 academy, delivering a specialist education in digital technologies. Opening in Birmingham in September 2022, the…
EMPOWERING A NEW TEAM OF LEADERS TO DELIVER THE FUTURE STRATEGY FOR SCL EDUCATION GROUP Brad Rushton has been appointed today as the new CEO…
With the government looking to level up every region of the UK, Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, today (10th October) announced that Katharine…
Handshake (@JoinHandshakeUK), the largest early career network, has appointed @LinkedIn’s Charles Hardy to lead on its university partnerships work in the UK. Following a period of…
Brunel University London (@Bruneluni) is delighted to announce that Professor Andrew Jones has been appointed as its next Vice-Chancellor and President and will take up…
The Higher Education Policy Institute (@HEPI_news) is an influential Oxford-based think tank and charity established in 2002 to improve the higher education debate using evidence.…
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