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...
There is a particular kind of honesty that emerges when a room full of practitioners, advocates and leaders agrees to stop being polite about a...
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...
Social mobility charity Speakers for Schools partnered with the Labour Party to deliver a skills roundtable event in Nottingham. On Thursday 26th January, Stephen Morgan,…
Today, Friday 27th Jan, school leaders’ union NAHT, submits evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) on pay. Submitted alongside the evidence is a…
UniQuest international student data: January intake and September pipeline The following analysis is based on the most recent data from across a sample of seven…
The total amount of funding allocated to English schools for 5-16 year old pupils has grown since 2010-11 as the total pupil population has also…
Emerging artists from the University of Chester are showcasing their work at an exhibition open to all in the city centre. Students from BA (Hons) Photography…
The University of Law (ULaw) has been awarded the National Network for the Education of Care Leavers (NNECL) Quality Mark in recognition of its outstanding…
SKILLED students have been hard at work on a £5.2m clock tower redevelopment. Level 2 Painting and Decorating and Construction learners from Coleg Cambria Deeside…
Youngsters looking to build their future careers in the low carbon sector could be given a step up the ladder as 20 paid scholarship opportunities…
This is a new statistic measuring higher education (HE) participation by school cohorts. It calculates the proportion of the population aiming to complete a qualification…
“It’s on all of us to demand change in society” Violence against women and girls takes centre stage in a hard-hitting short film created by…
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