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 new online survey by the Further Education Reputation Strategy Group (FERSG) has just been launched, which aims to find out what employees think of…
A further 15 University Technical Colleges (UTCs) have been approved by the coalition-government over the next two years. The total number will increase to 34…
The Work Foundation report, released last week, states that 450,000 Neets have never had a regular job. The report reaches the same conclusion as many others over…
The Skills Funding Agency has launched a community learning fund aimed at individuals 19 years and over. The fund will support adults who do not…
Almost a quarter of secondary school pupils feel their teachers are more interested in getting students to attend university, than concentrating on what is right…
Apprenticeships are set to be the major topic at June’s Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) conference. Employment and training providers will gather in…
On Wednesday 23 May Arts Council England announced this year’s successful Artsmark education providers. For the first time, these include 16 further education colleges, 14…
In April the hospitality industry gathered for the Edge Hotel School preview event, the first hotel school of its kind in the UK where students…
An NUS survey has revealed that many students of an ethnic minority origin live in fear of becoming victims of hate crime. The report, No…
Public and private sector professionals will this week emphasise the government’s need to boost economic growth through further investment in skills. Between 22-24 May, five…
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