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...
“ Sir Menzies Campbell has blasted Tony Blair’s nine year legacy on poverty, following the Prime Minister’s speech yesterday on social exclusion. “Ming” Campbell noted:…
“ The Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA) has endorsed the announcement of proposals to implement a Europe-wide qualifications framework, as reported on by FE News…
“ International students studying in the UK are more likely to mix with their co-nationals than with other British students. Further, most tended to agree…
“ Over a third of small businesses have failed to provide training for their staff, rising to 40% for the very smallest companies, according to…
“ Colleges have dismissed earlier “demise of science” predictions as alarmist, following a boost to apparent growth trends. Responding to blanket media criticism of falling…
“ 4 million adults would still fall short of the literacy skills expected from an 11-year old child even if the government met its performance…
“ As the Conservative Party conference gets underway, it marks the end of what has been a successful conference season for unionlearn. I have attended…
“ A national language centre in the UK will advise a European Commission on formulating the next stage of its policy on multilingualism. Isabella Moore…
“ The UK and other European nations are falling behind US economic growth because they are failing to invest in research & development, education, and…
“ The move of Sir David Normington to the post of Permanent Secretary at the Home Office has paved the way for David Bell to…
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