For decades, young people have been encouraged to see vocational routes as alternatives to success rather than central to it. Yet at this very moment,...
The 2026-2027 WISE Prize for Education invites education innovators to turn boldideas into real‑world impact. As someone deeply engaged in improving learning outcomes and advancing...
It’s been a couple of weeks since the Milburn report was published, and I like everyone have been digesting the report and the analysis. Like a well-trained student,...
Britain’s NEET crisis is no longer a warning sign; it is a structural failure. The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures (Jan-March 2026) estimate...
Across further and higher education, widening participation has become one of the defining policy priorities of the past two decades. Institutions have rightly focused on...
Young people today are entering a world in upheaval. Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, record-breaking temperatures, and the accelerating rise of AI is...
According to the latest ONS labour market data, youth unemployment has hit 14.7%. That means one in seven young people looking for work can't find...
I was delighted to work with colleagues at FE News’ Breaking Barriers event on a construction job. We worked to take apart the youth employment...
For too long, the national conversation around success has treated university as the default route into a professional career. Yet across the UK, thousands of...
At the start of this month, leaders from across government, further education, skills, employability and employer groups gathered for the Breaking Barriers Collective, hosted by...
A PERFORMANCE art installation inspired by the story of a historic steelworks will be exhibited at a leading college following a successful launch event. Theatre…
A new Masters programme, designed to equip future leaders with the skills to make a Net Zero world a reality, is to be launched by…
Materials with better resilience to the extreme conditions in fusion energy powerplants are to be developed in a new partnership between the UK Atomic Energy…
Food packaging specialist Sirane has been employing apprentices through Telford College for around a decade – and says the partnership has been a great success.…
Code First Girls, a female-founded, UK business that supports women into coding education and employment for free, announced today that it has reached the major…
Conference hears how public, private and education collaboration is set to address construction sector skills gaps in North Derbyshire A powerful collaboration between Chesterfield’s public,…
Following agriculture, the construction industry is India’s second-largest employer and contributor to the economy. Due to increased income and urbanisation, the country has undergone a…
ALUN Francis, Interim Chair of the Social Mobility Commission, hosted a visit from the Minister of State for Education to showcase Oldham College’s facilities, partnerships…
Barnsley College has celebrated a significant milestone in its 90-year history, after becoming a member of the Chartered Institution for Further Education (CIFE) thanks to…
The number of UK 18-year-olds applying to an undergraduate course this year is the second highest on record, new UCAS data shows. Almost half of…
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