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 -...
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,...
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The green mindset isn’t important for FE because policymakers say so. It’s important because young people care about it and businesses need it. That’s the…
“There are almost one million young people not in education, employment or training. This is shocking. We need educational reform and the devolution of power and support…
The Education Policy Institute’s (EPI) Chief Executive, Natalie Perera, will be stepping down from her role at the end of January 2026. The move follows…
At 21, Jodie Bailey-Ho has already worked as a Department for Education youth focal point for sustainability and climate change, and currently serves as Student…
Throughout UK industry and higher educational sectors, there’s a pivotal juncture looming. With automation on the rise, business models shifting and skills demand changing, the…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 823: 15th November 2025. Milburn, Mayfield and Timms: Why Are They So Important To The FE, Skills And Employability Sector?…
Ofsted has a unique perspective on the various places that children and learners experience. We gain this through our inspections of schools and further education…
Prison overcrowding, staffing shortages and deteriorating infrastructure is having a ‘profound impact on the ability of prisons to deliver rehabilitation’, a new report published today…
The FE sector already does a great job of equipping learners for their lives and helping communities thrive. But according to Charlotte Bonner, CEO of…
As we celebrate Tomorrow’s Engineers Week, the need for more engineers in the UK has never been greater. We must have a long-term strategy linking…
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