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...
Following its launch last year Ahead by Bett, a dedicated space for the Higher Education community at the world’s biggest week in EdTech, is back…
Louise Doyle, CEO of quality assurance software specialist Mesma, considers ways for independent training providers (ITPs) to improve their self-assessment. If you lead on quality…
Motivated graduates and experienced professionals looking to change career are being urged to consider a switch to the classroom, as Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ramps up…
Stoke on Trent Further Education College (@SOTCollege) is celebrating following its recent Ofsted inspection. Now rated as ‘Good’ the College has much to shout about.…
A modern languages student from Brockenhurst College, who only started learning Spanish last year, has received a conditional offer to study Spanish and Linguistics at…
London-based trailblazers, Banham Academy, announce their expansion in the UK by opening their second apprenticeship academy in Derby. The Derby skills and training centre will…
Telford College is launching a new Prince’s Trust programme designed to maximise young people’s chances of moving into employment, education or training. The ‘Achieve’ programme…
According to research by CV Library, they found three in four employees have considered resigning from their current jobs and jumping into a new one.…
Seven federation member institutions of the University of London have been awarded the funding status of World Leading Specialist Provider by the Office for Students…
School inspections will not take place on strike days in February and March, Ofsted has said. Despite this, a school leaders’ union is calling on…
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