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...
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 -...
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Sorting out the failing apprenticeship levy is an enormous but essential task for the new government, and there are finally grounds for cautious optimism. Since…
The government budgeted £700 million last year for initiatives to address the critical, nationwide teacher shortage, but its latest data shows 4,000 vacancies across secondary…
Retail experts from the University of Chester and major brands praised students from Chester Business School for their impressive knowledge and skills after challenging them…
Graduates who set up their business ventures while studying at the University of Chester shared inspirational insights when they returned to speak to the entrepreneurs…
The Association of University Chief Security Officers (AUCSO), the leading organisation for security professionals working in higher and further education around the world, has awarded…
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University of Kent Psychology School Partners with ESA Emily Perry, a PhD student at the University of Kent’s School of Psychology, is part of a…
The University of Chester and one of India’s premier management schools have strengthened their partnership after a series of new enterprising, joint activities to share…
University of Chester students and their Programme Leader joined with MPs, policymakers and finance professionals at Parliament for the launch of the Breaking Down Barriers…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 794: 26th April 2025 | Disconnected: The AI Skills Demand vs. Digital Poverty Divide. Whilst Coursera has seen an 866%…
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