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 -...
Alan Milburn’s Young People and Work interim report should land as a national alarm bell. Nearly one million young people are now not in education,...
UK government and organisations are constantly discussing ongoing skills shortages and apprenticeships and employability, yet one of the biggest untapped resources that often gets overlooked...
The Level 4 AI and Automation Practitioner apprenticeship launched by Skills England has arrived at a difficult moment for the FE sector. The management apprenticeship...
The term NEET has long been used as shorthand for young people who are Not in Education, Employment or Training. It is often framed as...
New apprenticeship reforms could play an important role in improving diversity across the UK workforce, particularly as policymakers seek to widen access to skilled careers and address persistent barriers...
This article was written by Laura-Jane Rawlings MBE DL, CEO & Founder of Youth Employment UK. It explores the growing youth unemployment crisis in the...
Alan Milburn’s interim findings from his Independent Review, Young People and Work, published yesterday, warn of a growing generational fault line, with more than one...
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New research from Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L), the world’s lifelong learning company, suggests that UK teachers’ confidence in using AI and their belief in the positive…
The government is on track to meet its pledge to recruit and retain an additional 6,500 teachers after surpassing two thirds of its manifesto target with three years to go. The figures published today show the government has now recruited 4,654 additional teachers of…
The construction skills gap is no longer a future concern—it is a current operational reality. Nowhere is that more evident than in plant operations. Across…
Youth worklessness is not new, but the scale of the challenge now demands urgent attention. Over a million young people in the UK are not…
The Lifelong Education Institute calls for urgent alignment of funding, clearer progression routes, and greater flexibility to address chronic technical skills shortages. A major new…
Skills England has today published its Annual Skills Report, marking its first anniversary with a comprehensive assessment of current and future skills needs. The Alan Milburn interim…
The announcement of the major youth employment drive is a welcome – and much needed – step to ensuring we’re equipping young people with real…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 849: 30th May 2026. A Million NEETs Costs £125Bn a year; How do we Respond? This is the weekly e-newsletter…
New placements announced as Government accelerates its Youth Guarantee to give every young person the chance to earn or learn. Expansion of support will help…
On Tuesday 2nd June, leaders from across government, further education, skills, employability, and employer groups will come together for our Breaking Barriers Collective, where we’ll…
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