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...
Ofqual, regulators of qualifications and examinations in England and Northern Ireland, released its first ever three-year Corporate plan on Friday. The in-depth programme aims to…
The Arts Council will reveal the first ever Artsmark awards to be granted to FE colleges early next week. The Artsmark award provides successful institutions…
Welfare-to-work firm A4e has announced that it has been cleared of fraud under audits undertaken by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) and the…
A £250m government pilot set up to help businesses design and develop their own vocational training programmes has received 269 bids from employers, according to…
The burgeoning landscape of India’s educational field has received a welcome boost in interest with the new Foreign Educational Institutions Bill set to be instated…
More than one-third of adults have not participated in learning since leaving full-time education, a survey has revealed. The annual survey by the National Institute…
The Welsh government is offering student teachers grants of up to £3,000 for the 2012/13 academic year to encourage more people to work in FE…
A new startling statistic, if not an entirely surprising fact, reveals just 58 percent of employees are satisfied with their managers. To compound the problem…
A report published by online education service LearnDirect has shown that approximately £270 million is wasted a year as companies fail to find the right candidates…
Plagiarism is a growing concern in all areas of education, and further education institutions have a responsibility to ensure students are equipped with key research…
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