Young people today are entering a world in upheaval. Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, record-breaking temperatures, and the accelerating rise of AI is...
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...
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Priti Patel has been appointed Minister of State for Employment at the Department for Work and Pensions. Although Iain Duncan Smith will continue to run…
Strong female engineering role models can be found throughout recent history. While historically engineering has been a male dominated profession, there have always been and…
The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) has appointed Mark Farrar, former head of construction training provider CITB, as chief executive. Mr Farrar replaces Jane Paul,…
The Skills Funding Agency has appointed Sue Husband, education manager at fast food chain McDonald’s, as director of Apprenticeships and delivery service. Ms Husband will join…
The FE sector has been inundated with reports lately, and a common theme that has emerged is how employers must take more ownership of skills.…
The Education and Training Foundation has appointed its first permanent chief executive and chair as the government pledges to support its drive to raise standards…
Chelmsford College’s Penny Petch has been appointed president of the Institute for Learning (IfL), the professional body for teachers and trainers. Ms Petch, head of…
Former New College Nottingham principal Sir Geoff Hall has been appointed to the helm of the newly-created FE Guild until a permanent chief executive is…
The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has appointed FE funding specialist Stewart Segal as its next chief executive. Segal will replace Graham Hoyle…
The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) charity has appointed local government veteran Tom Stannard as director of communications and public affairs. Stannard was…
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