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...
Precisely 459 students from Havering College of Further and Higher Education have been selected to attend the Olympic Games for free through the organiser’s Ticketshare…
The pace of the challenges and changes in further education just doesn’t let up. With a new academic year only a handful of months away,…
Since a huge leap in Apprenticeship starts during 2010/11, we have seen enthusiasm for growth reined in by debate over quality and calls to safeguard…
In the recent article on Automating Your Marketing I mentioned split testing and the fact it is possible to send the same email, with alternative…
Wivenhoe House in Colchester has become the new venue for a ground-breaking new ‘sandwich’ course, which is aimed at splitting students’ time between high-quality theoretical and practical…
The UK’s world-leading creative industries risk losing a generation of talent as research emerged showing increasing numbers of young people are shunning art qualifications. A…
An innovative new degree in solar power may be threatened by sweeping cuts in the governmental budget for renewable resources. The degree, titled ‘Construction Management…
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) hopes a new initiative in the West Midlands could help produce and foster Britain’s next batch of world-beating engineers. The automotive…
More than half of industry employers are concerned about damage to the reputation of Apprenticeships since the abolition of the government’s Train to Gain scheme,…
The summer looms and with it the usual strategic changes for Further Education colleges. This year is particularly fraught for FE because we have changes…
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