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...
Something struck me recently at the Breaking Barriers / NEET Collective, held in central London on 2nd June 2026 - a FE News and Edge...
Recently, I visited PET-Xi in Coventry, and I left with a feeling I know all too well: admiration, frustration and a deep sense of déjà...
Practitioners, leaders, researchers and advocates gathered in London to do something the sector urgently needed: not just name the problem, but co-design the route out...
There’s a gulf between where many NEET young people are and where employers need them to be so that they can thrive in a job. The UK must find ways to bridge that gulf -...
Alan Milburn’s Young People and Work interim report should land as a national alarm bell. Nearly one million young people are now not in education,...
UK government and organisations are constantly discussing ongoing skills shortages and apprenticeships and employability, yet one of the biggest untapped resources that often gets overlooked...
The Level 4 AI and Automation Practitioner apprenticeship launched by Skills England has arrived at a difficult moment for the FE sector. The management apprenticeship...
The term NEET has long been used as shorthand for young people who are Not in Education, Employment or Training. It is often framed as...
New apprenticeship reforms could play an important role in improving diversity across the UK workforce, particularly as policymakers seek to widen access to skilled careers and address persistent barriers...
“ The Queen yesterday announced a new further education bill to be passed in the 2006-2007 session of Parliament. Amid the pomp and ceremony of…
“The Home Secretary officially opened purpose built construction industry training facilities, the first of its kind within the prison service, at HMP Lindholme near Doncaster…
“New strategies for helping disabled students make the transition from education into sustainable employment work came under the spotlight in the Midlands this month.Remploy, provider…
“Hampshire County Council is to offer young offenders the chance to work for them. In an innovative project, which will receive funding from the Learning…
“The RNIB College at Loughborough has been short-listed for a National Training Award for its Work Transition programme. The residential college caters for people with…
“ULRs have all chosen to take up a very rewarding challenge within their working lives. One that won”t reward them financially, but will reward them…
“People seeking to start or develop their careers in food manufacturing can boost their chances of getting ahead through new vocationally linked qualifications launching in…
Ministers from both DIUS and DWP will be at the Association of Learning Providers” autumn conference this week to hear calls to look seriously at…
“ A new advisory group has been launched by the Learning and Skills Council to better focus its work with the voluntary and community sector.…
“ London Mayor Ken Livingstone has published proposals for a radical restructuring of further education funding in the city that would see its five local…
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