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...
Ofsted’s Mathew Coffey yesterday announced the group’s new Common Inspection Framework for September 2012. The framework, which can be downloaded online from the Ofsted website,…
Martin Dunford, chairman of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP), reflected on the quality of vocational training over the last ten years, and…
Speakers at the AELP conference yesterday focused on the vital importance of quality and collaboration within the burgeoning Apprenticeship sector. Members of the industry came…
Young entrepreneurs are going to gain access to finance and support through an £82.5 million start up loan scheme, which has support from former Dragon…
It has been 20 years since the first Rio Earth Summit, and this week world leaders are convening once again to negotiate the world’s future…
This summer we will see some of the UK‘s most talented apprentices, employees and learners battling it out for a place in Squad UK for…
I have just been reading Paul Philips’ recent article, here on FE News, Cultural Change – More and More! He talks about the pressure that…
The Association of Colleges (AoC) has revealed this year’s stars from the worlds of politics, sport and enterprise who have been awarded its esteemed Gold…
The award winning Civil Service Summer Diversity Internship Programme has resumed for another year in a bid to drive a representative workforce. Last year’s programme…
Learning providers are keen to keep jobseekers on their English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) provision instead of encouraging them to move in to…
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