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.
Join Chris Webb (@WorldWebb) and Helen Armitage (@HelenArmitage16) from the Careers and Employability Service at Sheffield Hallam University (@SheffHallamUni) for another foray into the world…
On #SkillsWorldLive tonight, guests include: Kirsti Lord | Calvin Robinson | Shola West | Robin Landman | Frank Douglas | Safaraz Ali | David Russell discussing: Diversity in FE, what can be done about…
In this episode of The Edtech Podcast (@podcastedtech), you’ll hear stories from three colleges; Lancaster & Morecambe College (@LMCollege), the Isle of Wight College (@IWCollege) and…
This episode of The Edtech Podcast (@podcastedtech) was part of Ufi VocTech Trust’s ‘Week of VocTech’. Ufi champions the power of technology to improve skills for…
This episode was hosted live as part of Ufi VocTech Trust’s #WeekOfVocTech. It is the latest of our ‘The #VoctechPodcast: learning continued‘ series, supported by the Ufi Voctech…
On #SkillsWorldLive tonight, guests include: Charlotte Bosworth | David Phillips | David Gallagher | Olivia Bussey | Daisy Hooper | Rebecca Conway discussing: Future of FE: What do awarding organisations think? #SkillsWorldLive…
Join Chris Webb (@WorldWebb) and Helen Armitage (@HelenArmitage16) from the Careers and Employability Service at Sheffield Hallam University (@SheffHallamUni) for another foray into the world…
This #VocTechPodcast episode of The Edtech Podcast (@podcastedtech) looks at the #FutureOfWork experiment that is 2020. It interrogates some of the forecasts for the future of work…
#AllAboutApprenticeships podcast with @GECFrost and @HSV_Foundation has launched to help champion apprenticeships in the UK. Industry experts, apprenticeship minister @GillianKeegan MP, business leaders and current…
Ambassadors joined by Dame Emma Thompson to discuss the importance of healthy eating and activities Young Food Ambassadors have met with Children’s Minister Vicky Ford…
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