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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Wes Johnson, Principal and Chief Executive of Lancaster & Morecambe College, has been appointed as the new Chair of The Lancashire Colleges (TLC). TLC has…
ITS Group have appointed a new commercial director to further develop and drive forward their business activities. Peter Lawrence has joined ITS Group bringing 25…
Former Director of Learning for Apple to Lead Pi-Top’s “Learning by Making” Education Initiative; Joins Newest Executive Additions Graham Brown-Martin and Tim Bush to Help…
Barnsley Sixth Form College has announced the appointment of Denise Jelly as its new Principal. Denise replaces Liz Leek, who has taken up the position…
The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) has appointed Dr Desmond Bermingham as CEO of ACER UK. Dr Bermingham, who will have responsibilities for the UK…
As the first women acting in this capacity, Sam and Clare are delighted to be working together in continuing to build a GES that is…
Pendleton Sixth Form College’s Performing Arts Department welcomes back Neil G Bennett as the new Head of ‘The Centre of Excellence for Performing Arts’, and…
QA Group appoints BT’s Chief Customer Officer Lisa Harrington as Managing Director of its Learning Division QA Group, the UK’s leading IT and business skills…
Government reappoints Sir Robert Burgess and Jeanne Watson as members of the School Teachers’ Review Body. Sir Robert Burgess has been reappointed as a member of…
Imperial College Business School has announced the appointment of David Brown to the brand-new role of Director of Executive Education. David joins Imperial from London Business…
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