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...
Train 4 Work, Hertford Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Inadequate: Grade 4 Capacity to improve Inadequate: Grade 4 Achievement and standards Good:…
Training providers have been told they cannot take on new trainees for the Government’s flagship Train to Gain programme until at least April 2010, jeopardising…
Two more Further Education colleges can now complete their capital projects after being given the green light by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) The…
Vince Cable MP, Liberal Democrat’s Shadow Chancellor and Deputy Leader, has emphasised the importance of engineering skills to meet the challenges of the future. At…
Peter Jones has launched the first ever education institution solely focused on teaching 16-19 year olds enterprise and entrepreneurship. The telecoms entrepreneur, and co-star of…
The results are in and global rankings have now been finalised for WorldSkills Calgary 2009. Nations from across the world competed for glory in a…
Arcanum Solutions, Coventry Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Satisfactory: Grade 3 Capacity to improve Satisfactory: Grade 3 Achievement and standards Satisfactory: Grade 3…
Leading public relations firm Band & Brown Group is on the look out for the UK’s first PR Apprentice, as it seeks to improve career…
Senior management and leadership roles in FE colleges are still out of reach for most women, warns Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK). According to the sector…
Leading people and organisational development experts are urging companies to invest in staff to make the best of poor trading conditions. Clydesdale Bank’s inaugural People…
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