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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The Alliance of Sector Skills Councils has appointed Mark Froud as its new managing director. Froud, formerly chief executive of Sussex Chamber of Commerce and…
Awarding organisation City & Guilds has announced plans to appoint Sir John Armitt as its new chairman. Sir John, who has spent the last five…
Industry Qualifications (IQ), the first pan-sector mutual awarding organisation in the UK, has announced an alliance with the Examination Officers’ Association (EOA). The partnership aims…
LSIS’ Leadership College initiative has appointed its first director to steer the best practice project towards its September 2013 launch. Craig Crowther, currently managing director…
Geoff Russell, outgoing chief executive of the Skills Funding Agency, considers the value of time and timeliness, as he bids farewell to the FE sector.…
Charles Parker has been appointed chief executive of the Baker Dearing Educational Trust (BDT), the University Technical College foundation. Parker has been BDT’s Director of…
The Skills Funding Agency has promoted Kim Thorneywork, previously its executive director of delivery, to interim chief executive. Thorneywork replaces Geoff Russell, who is retiring…
The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) has unveiled the next five trustees who will join its 12-strong board for the coming four years. The…
A life-long champion of Further Education, Maggie Galliers CBE, will hope to promote the sector further after becoming President-Elect of the Association of Colleges (AoC). Galliers,…
The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) has announced the appointment of Chris Cherry to its senior management team as executive director of strategy and…
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