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 plumbing and heating company with a 90-year history is set to invest further in its future by training people in renewable energy products and…
This is the view put forth by John Cridland CBE, the director-general of the CBI, in the 157 Group policy paper published recently to correspond with…
This is what we do every day isn’t it? It is something we are very good at. Or is it? Engagement in action Let’s look…
Some of the country’s key businesses are experiencing a worrying lack of skilled workers, according to a report published today. The UK Commission’s Employer Skills…
The Shadow Business Secretary recently spoke of the potential for young gang members to be entrepreneurial if they channel their skills appropriately. Speaking at ‘Hub…
The head of the CBI has emphasised the need to ‘step up’ and help the young generation enter into the world of work. John Cridland,…
A record 383,200 people started an Apprenticeship in the first nine months of the 2011/12 academic year, according to provisional data published today. According to…
Since the last A Level review four years ago, Ofqual has conducted independent research and decided now is the time to once more propose change…
This September City & Guilds will be launching a range of Higher Apprenticeships, after the announcement of Vince Cable’s Higher Apprenticeship scheme for high-skilled industries.…
“Change for the sake of change” is how Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), described Secretary for Education Michael…
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