For decades, young people have been encouraged to see vocational routes as alternatives to success rather than central to it. Yet at this very moment,...
The 2026-2027 WISE Prize for Education invites education innovators to turn boldideas into real‑world impact. As someone deeply engaged in improving learning outcomes and advancing...
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...
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.
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…
Paul Turner, Policy Specialist at @NCFE, and a panel of employability and policy experts bring skills into the centre of focus to unpack employability initiatives,…
Welcome to Mythbusting and removing barriers, Episode 1 of the #ExploringNeurodiversity podcast with @CognAssist: Mythbusting in Neurodiversity is all about removing barriers for learners, educators, teams…
In the past decade, the UK has seen some of the slowest rates of productivity growth of the OECD countries, with output per hour and…
New season launch of 40 Minute Mentor with Mo Gawdat (@MGawdat) “The purpose of life is not to put yourself at a destination that’s 40…
The UK’s education and technology not-for-profit, @Jisc, is launching a series of four podcasts with university vice-chancellors and other leading voices in HE. Jisc’s managing director of HE, Jonathan Baldwin will host the HE Leaders…
The Edge Podcast – Rethinking Education S1E1 Edge is the independent foundation working to inspire the education system to give all young people across the UK the…
In the second episode of Series 3 of the #SkillsWorldLive Radio Show, Tom Bewick discusses lost learning during the pandemic and how our young people…
In the first episode of Series 3 of the #SkillsWorldLive Radio Show Tom Bewick discusses whether the budget has delivered for the FE sector, with…
A new collaboration between @AmazingAppsUK and @NotGoingToUni, two leading early careers organisations, will tackle the challenges parents and carers are currently facing in trying to support…
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