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...
There is a particular kind of honesty that emerges when a room full of practitioners, advocates and leaders agrees to stop being polite about a...
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...
“Crest workers in Aspatria are taking delivery of a new learning agreement designed to give them more access to IT courses plus paid time off…
“ The Learning and Skills Council (LSC)London Central has recently recruited a number of new members for their local council, creating a group that will…
“ Chairman of the Securities and Investment Institute (SII) Examination board, Sir David Howard, paid a visit to The Community College Hackney on Friday 23rd…
“ There is good news for the Further Education Colleges of Scotland now, as their improved financial health was lauded by organisations north of the…
“ The launch of National Childcare Week saw David Blunkett, the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, stressing the vital role that men…
“ At the Association of Colleges (AoC) 16 ““ 19 Summer Conference, college principals and administrators from the Further Education sector gathered with various administrators,…
“ Secretary of State for Educations Ruth Kelly is encouraging eligible young people in Lancashire to apply for an Education Marketing Allowance (EMA). Approximately 9,000…
“ A group of 25 teenagers, some as young as 14, have been selected to take part in a business management development scheme. For one…
“ The Learning and Skills Council have hit back at claims that they closed health & safety courses following their recently published statement of priorities.…
“ The government has endorsed the parliamentary Select Committee’s report on Further Education, published two months ago, via a statement released this morning. Minister for…
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