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...
Develop-u, South Yorkshire Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Good: Grade 2 Capacity to improve Good: Grade 2 Achievement and standards Good: Grade 2…
The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) has launched a campaign to give asylum seekers access to free English for Speakers of Other Languages…
James Purnell, the Work and Pensions Secretary, has published a welfare reform white paper that seeks to "transform" the lives of those claiming benefits. Under…
City & Guilds is celebrating the runaway success of GOLA (Global Online Assessment), an online programme that enables candidates to take exams in their own…
The teaching of business education to 14-19 year olds needs to be more ‘hands-on’ if it is to engage and inspire young people, according to…
The Queen’s Speech today underlined the Government’s "overriding priority" to tackle the economic downturn. However, as well as introducing legislation aimed to prevent another banking…
The Association of Learning Providers (ALP) has seen bids totalling almost £14m for its tender to fund an extra £4m of innovative e-learning in the…
The Permanent Secretary at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Jonathan Stephens, visited young people on the Creative Apprenticeship programme in Hackney last…
A4e (Central London New Deal), Sheffield Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Satisfactory: Grade 3 Capacity to improve Satisfactory: Grade 3 Achievement and standards…
Recent events in the République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) have sadly re-enforced what is, to be realistic, the bad image of the West African country.…
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