It’s been a couple of weeks since the Milburn report was published, and I like everyone have been digesting the report and the analysis. Like a well-trained student,...
Britain’s NEET crisis is no longer a warning sign; it is a structural failure. The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures (Jan-March 2026) estimate...
Across further and higher education, widening participation has become one of the defining policy priorities of the past two decades. Institutions have rightly focused on...
Young people today are entering a world in upheaval. Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, record-breaking temperatures, and the accelerating rise of AI is...
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...
The FE News Podcast: Education podcasts with thought leaders and senior policy experts discussing the latest education and skills news in the UK and beyond.
Presenter, Tom Bewick, kicks off episode 7 of the #SkillsWorldLive Radio Show in conversation with David Gallagher, Chief Executive of NCFE. In the first chat…
Universal Learning with Saj Mohammad: #Autistic Children and Young People with @ElaineMcgreevy Episode 4: Are educators doing enough to respect the human rights of autistic children and…
#FutureofWork #LabourMarket #LMI | This week, @TheIFS speak with Sarah O’Connor, Employment Columnist at the Financial Times, and Jonathan Cribb, a Senior Research Economist at IFS…
The Educators: Building skills for life @SusanJamesRelly @UniofOxford, @BecomingXteam & @CapitaPlc “If I were to redesign the education system, I’d definitely bring in more vocational aspects to it,…
The theme of today’s episode is based on @EDSKthinktank’s recent report: Re-assessing the future (Part 2). Presenter, Tom Bewick, kicks off this week’s episode with a…
WE Are – WEA North East’s @WEAadulted #Podcast The WEAre podcast highlights the work WEA in the north east and its commitment to adult education, by…
@westlondoncol – Mansour Eldouma provides a shining example of the benefits of lifelong learning. Aged 65, Mansour embarked on a HND Healthcare Practice Level 5…
Universal Learning with Saj Mohammad: @DanceSyndrome with Sue Blackwell Episode 3: In this week’s edition of Universal Learning, I’m talking to Sue Blackwell, who co-founded the…
This podcast was recorded for end-point assessment organisations (#EPAOs) who must apply for @Ofqual recognition by 1 July in support of external quality assurance (#EQA)…
In the very first episode of the EPA Uncovered Podcast, @NOCNGroup speak with NCG’s Ross Radford on how a group of 6 colleges has made…
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