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...
Training Alternatives, Basingstoke Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Good: Grade 2 Capacity to improve Good: Grade 2 Achievement and standards Outstanding: Grade…
Sheffield College has launched a new service to boost local business and workforce skills. The Sheffield College Business Gateway merges the college’s current provision for…
Skills Minister Lord Young spent yesterday meeting and shadowing apprentices at BT’s Primrose Hill Telephone Exchange in London. His visit marked the end of Apprenticeship…
Janard Training, Hartlepool Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Satisfactory: Grade 3 Capacity to improve Satisfactory: Grade 3 Achievement and standards Satisfactory: Grade…
Preston College has appointed Robin Newton-Syms, the former LSC national director of communications, to a newly created role to oversea its strategic direction. The position…
Businesses have signalled their overwhelming support for Apprenticeships in a survey, conducted by Populus, that shows 81 per cent of employers believe they have helped…
The Association of Learning Providers (ALP) has warned apprenticeships risk having their reputation undermined by Government plans to use the same brand for other recession-tackling…
The Virtual College, West Yorkshire Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Good: Grade 2 Capacity to improve Good: Grade 2 Achievement and standards…
Motor yacht maker Princess Yachts has picked up the Apprenticeship Excellence Award, in recognition of its outstanding support and development of apprentices, in the Excellence…
The Sheffield College has welcomed a national cash injection from New Engineering Foundation, the vocational education think tank, to train more engineering and science technicians…
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