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...
“ Poland’s recent entry into the EU has already had a major impact on the British economy and also on EU and international students in…
“ The staff at Cardonald College are set to benefit from their institution’s commitment to expanding their awareness of the world around them, it was…
“ FE colleges in Wales are celebrating a monumental success ““ after ffworm has revealed that the percentage of those students successfully completing the Welsh…
“ Colleges across the country have strongly endorsed the introduction of annual assessment visits, according to a survey by the Office for Standards in Education…
“ Following the release of the Learning and Skills Council’s (LSC) annual statement of priorities, entitled “Raising Our Game”, the FE industry has lent its…
The UK’s rural communities are feeling the effects of demographic, social and economic changes at an increasing rate, according to an adult learning organisation. The…
“ A survey conducted by a leading training provider has shown that young people’s confidence in apprenticeships and work-based learning has increased. JHP Training’s annual…
“ Where I work and the area where my college is based, our schools perform below the national average. For over 50% of school leavers…
“ I think this is a very important debate and I fully support the need to emphasise vocational skills. What we have been about in…
“ Over two-thirds of employers have failed to provide any training for their workforce while 8.5 million employees did not receive any training in the…
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