It’s been a couple of weeks since the Milburn report was published, and I like everyone have been digesting the report and the analysis. Like a well-trained student,...
Britain’s NEET crisis is no longer a warning sign; it is a structural failure. The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures (Jan-March 2026) estimate...
Across further and higher education, widening participation has become one of the defining policy priorities of the past two decades. Institutions have rightly focused on...
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...
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Suzie Webb, formerly managing director of the National Extension College, has been appointed as the new director of education for the Association of Accounting Technicians…
At one of the most challenging times for the careers profession, the Institute of Career Guidance (ICG) has appointed Ian Barratt as its new chief…
The National Skills Academy for Social Care has appointed Diane Lawson as its new chief executive. Ms Lawson, who has vast experience of social care,…
Bridgwater College principal Fiona McMillan has been appointed president of the Association of Colleges (AoC), effective from 1 August. Ms McMillan will be replacing Chris…
Skills Funding Agency director David Hughes will become chief executive of the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) from 1 September. Mr Hughes, currently…
John Henderson, incoming chief executive of representative body Scotland’s Colleges, has expressed his delight at being appointed to the role following its extensive restructuring. Currently…
The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) has announced that Rob Wye, currently director of strategy and implementation at the Young People’s Learning Agency (YPLA),…
Simon Bartley, the chief executive of UK Skills, which champions learning through competitions and awards, has been appointed president of WorldSkills International. Established 60 years…
Neil Gilmore has been appointed as the Further Education Sports Co-ordinator (FESCo) at West Suffolk College, Bury St Edmunds . Neil Gilmore [pictured] has…
City & Guilds has appointed Chris Jones, the former Chief Executive Officer of Harcourt Education International, as its new Director-General. He replaces Chris Humphries CBE…
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