In 2026 the job market feels uncertain for many people entering the workforce. The UK unemployment rate has risen to a near five-year high. At...
Rising youth unemployment highlights growing complexity for practitioners. This article explores how recent reforms, system challenges and frontline insight shape what’s needed to support young...
Skills shortages in construction are not a new problem. For at least ten years, we have been grappling with this issue, and the CITB is...
The need for a third post-16 Level 3 pathway, providing a middle ground between A Levels and T Levels, has long been clear. The dual-track...
Could you get a hot meal for £2.61? That’s what the government are expecting colleges to do by freezing the funding for free meals for the poorest students. The reality...
The Department for Education has now published more of its policy decisions that shape the future for technical qualifications at Level 3 and below in...
In this article, Dr Lucy Atkinson, Director of the Centre for Academic Persistence at Arden University, explores if, and how, providers can use gamification to...
As the workplace continues to evolve at pace, one thing is clear: our skills system needs to keep up. The government’s recent announcement of V...
Each year, thousands of young people leave school and face their first real decision about their future in an economy increasingly shaped by digital technology...
Vicki Stokes, Head of the School of Education at the University of Sunderland, has shared how she thinks the Government’s recently released Schools White Paper:...
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 839: 28th March 2026. Apprenticeship Achievements Are Up, But Who Is the Skills System Serving? This is the weekly e-newsletter…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 839: 21st March 2026. DWP Giveth and DWP Taketh Away. Will the Level 4 AI and Automation Apprenticeship Replace Management…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 838: 14th March 2026. Are Entry-Level Jobs the First Casualty of AI? What Three Sectors Are Telling Us on the…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 837: 7th March 2026 | What is the interconnected ‘System Story’ on NEETs, Unemployment, SEND and Neurodiversity? This is the…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 836: 28th February 2026 | Big announcements this week on NEETs, SEND reform and the Schools White Paper… but hidden…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 835: 21st February 2026 | London Has the UK’s Highest Unemployment Rate. Youth Unemployment at 5-Year High. Why Has the…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 834: 14th February 2026. Apprenticeship Starts Are Up in England and Wales. Will a Clearing System Create a More Agile…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 833: 7th February 2026. What Can 50 Years Teach Milburn? How Do We KickStart Mental Health and SEND Support for…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 832: 31st January 2026. This is the 16th anniversary edition of FE Soundbite! The Quiet Collapse: What Can Adult Education…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 831: 24th January 2026 | The Stat Nobody’s Talking About: London Has The Highest Unemployment Rate In The UK at…
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