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...
The Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) and the University of Birmingham have extended their cooperation agreement for three years. They want to continue to…
Nominations are now open for a new set of awards that celebrate individuals who have turned their lives around thanks to adult learning, skills and…
The Retrofit Academy secures funding to deliver over 1200 retrofit courses in England to help the UK achieve its net zero goals by building a…
The new café in y Gaer has opened to a warm welcome. People are now visiting the latest addition to Brecon’s library and museum for…
A concept for a sustainable, carbon neutral, Innovation Village which will be home to a community of entrepreneurs, policymakers, practitioners, and researchers committed to addressing…
The vast majority of teachers would like to have anti-racism training, according to a survey carried out by the charity Centre for Mental Health. The…
ASCL calls for end to overall graded judgements in new paper on the future of inspection The Association of School and College Leaders has today…
Eastleigh College have installed three new immersive classrooms on campus to enrich the learning experience by exposing learners to technologies aligned to their future career…
Sea Cadets have successfully reached almost 8,000 schoolgirls through its Marine Engineering Project (MEP) in 2022, encouraging them to explore careers in engineering and science.…
North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College (NWSLC) and Coventry University Group are in discussions about the College potentially joining the University Group. The proposal would…
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