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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BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT has appointed John Pritchard as Head of Apprenticeships. This brand new role will see John working to raise awareness…
The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has announced a major strengthening of its senior management team with two new appointments. Jane Hickie is…
Antony Jenkins has officially appointed the chair of the Insitute of Apprenticeships. He was previously the Shadow Chair since June 2016, where he has been…
Agored Cymru, the leading Welsh awarding body, is delighted to announce that Kevern Kerswell has been appointed the new Chief Executive. Kevern who is currently…
Former Group Operations Director for BSC Group, Niko Phillips, has been announced as the new Group Director – International at Activate Learning. Niko has a…
learndirect boosts capabilities with appointment of Julia Chippendale as Group Development Director Leading learning organisation, learndirect, has appointed Julia Chippendale to the newly created role…
The CEO of one of the UK’s leading providers of apprenticeships and work-based training is stepping down after 8 years in post, having seen the…
LEADING Further Education (FE) consultancy FE Associates have appointed Steve Hewitt to the new role of MIS and Funding Consultant. FE Associates support senior FE…
Macclesfield College has made two senior hires in line with its strategic vision to strengthen education delivery and meet the needs of the local and…
North East-based Awarding Organisation, NCFE, has appointed a new Director of Sales and Marketing to lead the growth and diversification of the awarding arm of…
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