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...
Heart of Worcestershire College (HoW College) is delighted to announce the recent appointment of Michelle Dowse as Principal and Chief Executive. Michelle will join HoW…
St. James’s Place is joining forces with the charity Young Enterprise to support the accreditation of schools looking to become Centres of Excellence (CoE) for…
BA (Hons) Illustration students from Arts University Plymouth have collaborated with one of the South West’s most loved National Trust properties, Saltram House. The students…
New research from credit management company Lowell, has discovered that over three-quarters of students (77%) develop personal debt problems while at university. But, are students…
Results of ASCL consultative ballot on industrial action in Wales A consultative ballot on industrial action conducted by the Association of School and College Leaders…
The University and College Union (UCU) today [Friday] confirmed that three consecutive days of strike action at Sparsholt College in Hampshire will begin Monday (9…
Activate Learning is proud to announce it has been given an overall assessment of Good with an Outstanding feature by Ofsted in its latest inspection. …
A new pilot programme to support schools in tackling the impact poverty has on attainment has been launched. Seven headteachers from across Wales have been…
It is easy to think that the educational institutions we access to acquire skills have always been fit for purpose. Whether it be wars, plagues,…
Activate Learning is proud to announce it has been given an overall assessment of Good with an Outstanding feature by Ofsted in its latest inspection. With…
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