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...
This article was written by Laura-Jane Rawlings MBE DL, CEO & Founder of Youth Employment UK. It explores the growing youth unemployment crisis in the...
In colleges we regularly have to make decisions. Sometimes these decisions are small easy decisions; then there are the more important decisions that affect the…
The government has allocated more funding towards the adult skills budget for a new ‘Freedom and Flexibilities’ scheme, which provides funding opportunities for course programmes…
Apprenticeships are better at preparing young people for work in the construction industry than degrees, according to a new employer survey. The survey polled 300…
The welfare to work conference 2012 took place on the 10th and 11th of July, and it was both an exciting and informative conference, not…
The government yesterday announced the implementation of Maths and English lessons in UK prisons, based on the style and rubric of the intensive courses delivered…
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has produced a prospectus outlining plans to create a guild for Further Education. This means that if plans…
Skills Minister John Hayes has announced that the requirement of teaching qualifications in FE, which have been stringently regulated since 2007, will be retained for the near future. The…
What makes a good teacher? The ability to inspire, motivate, encourage, and reason with difficult subject matter to an entire classroom? To impart knowledge on…
With our customers and potential customers able to use mobile phones and tablet computers that give them 24/7 access to search engines and FE websites…
The British Council Further Education International Collaboration Award, to give it its full title, is an award for colleges throughout the UK which create and…
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