It seems everyone in Greater Manchester has an Andy Burnham Story. Mine starts backstage at Parklife festival in 2017. I was fortunate enough to be...
Employers understand the need for skills. They experience recruitment pressures, changing technology and gaps in workforce capability directly. What many understand less clearly, is how...
The Breaking Barriers report is absolutely right to focus on building more bridges into work for young people and moving the debate away from cliff...
On Tuesday last week, the Prime Minister announced plans to put technical education on an equal footing with academic study. There was more focus on...
In the first three months of 2026, the number of young people in the UK who were not in education, employment or training (NEETs) passed...
The recent FE News special feature for Youth Employment Week rightly celebrated the employers who are working hard to open doors for young people, showcasing...
Lord Agnew, Chair of the House of Lords special inquiry Numeracy for Life Committee provides an update on the Committee’s year-long inquiry. The cross-party House of Lords Numeracy for Life...
September marks the three-year anniversary of the Green Changemakers programme and we have learned so much in that time. On this quiet morning in my...
It has been nine months since the House of Lords Social Mobility Policy Committee, which I chaired, published its report ‘Social mobility: Local roots, lasting...
As budgets tighten and campus capacity shrinks, hybrid models offer a practical way to deliver exams at scale. As higher and further education institutions across...
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 828: 20th December 2025. Last Soundbite of 2025: Mayors, Milburn and Major Welfare Reform This is the weekly e-newsletter and…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 827: 13th December 2025. What Is Green Confetti and Why Do You Need A Playbook? | FE Soundbite Edition 827…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 826: 6th December 2025. Would A Skills Passport, Or Try Before You Buy Training, Bridge Employability and Skills Gaps? This…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 825: 29th November 2025. How do we create and design V Levels, to be Valued Levels? This is the weekly…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 824: 21st November 2025. NEETs Drop By 2,000, House of Lords Backs FE For Social Mobility: Will The Chancellor Also…
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?…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 822: 8th November 2025. How Do We Keep Britain Working: When Economic Inactivity Due to Ill Health Costs the UK…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 821: 1st November 2025. What is a Green Mindset? … and how can you be one of the 3% that…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 820: 25th October 2025. 72 Pages, 12 Mentions Of Careers: Where’s The Post 16 White Paper Signposting Strategy? FE Soundbite…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 819: 18th October 2025. NEBOSH is sponsoring this week’s Soundbite This is the weekly e-newsletter and e-journal by FE News:…
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