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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Roger will be taking the helm from Luke Johnson, who has led Trust’s Board since its inception in 2013. Roger had a long and…
The Secretary of State has appointed Mr Alan Wood as a member of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) until the end of September 2017. Alan Wood…
The Institute for Apprenticeships has appointed chairs for 15 route panels, and a panel of apprentices to advise the board. The route panels are made up…
Secretary of State for Education Justine Greening today (11 April 2017) announced the appointment of Professor Julius Weinberg as next Chair of Ofsted. As former…
Francis Davis is the Professor of Communities and Public Policy at the University of Birmingham. He has been appointed to the Office for Disability Issues…
In preparation for the launch of the Apprenticeship Levy in May 2017, 3aaa Apprenticeships have appointed two key figures from Derby at senior level, to…
The Eden Project and The Cornwall College Group have appointed a Professor of Education, Robert Barratt, as the first-ever Head of Eden Project Learning. Environmental education specialist…
Building on its considerable and sustained global presence, and as part of the ongoing expansion of its international team, VitalSource Technologies LLC has hired John Donovan as Managing…
FWD Training & Consultancy appoint new Director…….. One of the UK’s leading Financial Services Training Providers, FWD Training & Consultancy, has strengthened its leadership team…
Newham College Group Principal & Chief Executive Di Gowland has announced she is to retire at the end of the academic year after discussions with…
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