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...
A report by The Lords Science and Technology Committee has called for immediate action to produce more high calibre science graduates, fundamental to secure the…
Specialist awarding body EAL has been working with the electrical industry’s voluntary regulatory body NICEIC to form a strategic alliance. Its aim is to deliver…
Despite the straightened circumstances of many providers 850 people actually attended the annual Welfare to Work conference. However it might be just my impression but…
The Learning Skills and Improvement Service (LSIS) has confirmed the establishment of a brand new initiative, which contributes funding to the costly and rising fees of teacher…
I recently facilitated a workshop about building and maintaining effective dialogue with learners, with the aim of exploring what works and devising strategies to do…
Government ministers have outlined support measures for the introduction of advanced learning loans for adults who are aged 24 and over and who are in…
Speaking to FE news at the Welfare to Work conference this year, TBG Learning CEO Andrew Conlan-Trant admited to several tense moments in the early…
The coalition government has created a new £50 million fund to help mature students pay for FE, as part of the service provided by the…
The government’s social justice strategy must involve many Welfare to Work providers in order to make a real difference, according to Mark Fisher, social justice…
This year the Welfare to Work conference heard Alan Cave, delivery director of DWP, discuss the positives and foreseeable improvements of the payment-for-results Work Programme,…
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