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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Robert Halfon has been announced as Minister of State for Apprentices & Skills. Robert who is the MP for Harlow, was also the first MP…
Stephen Evans will take over in September as CEO at Learning and Work Institute, following the departure of David Hughes who will become CEO at…
The National Construction Academy (NCA) are delighted to announce the appointment of Nick Knowles, TV presenter, director and writer as President. Nick brings with him…
Antony Jenkins has been appointed to the role of shadow chair of the Institute for Apprenticeships – the new independent, employer-led organisation established to support…
The Association of Colleges (AoC) has announced that David Hughes, currently the Chief Executive of the Learning and Work Institute, will become its new Chief…
The Student Loans Company (SLC) has today [19 May 2016] announced the appointment of Steve Lamey as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mr Lamey had…
Bath College has appointed a new Principal and Chief Executive to take over leadership of the college in the early autumn. Laurel Penrose will take…
Martin Dunford OBE, chairman of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers, has announcd the appointment of Mark Dawe as the new chief executive of AELP.…
Martin Doel is stepping down as chief executive of the Association of Colleges (AoC) next year to join the Further Education Trust for Leadership (FETL).…
Former Culture Secretary Sajid Javid has been appointed to replace Vince Cable as head of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Cable lost…
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