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...
Suffolk New College is celebrating after getting seven ‘Good’ grades and one ‘Outstanding’ in their latest Ofsted report. Since the last inspection, the College has…
One of Yorkshire’s biggest education providers, Luminate Education Group, has backed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s ambition of ensuring all students study maths until the age…
The winners of the Genius Educator Metaversity (GEM) Shine Awards have been announced as Tamami Ushiki from Japan, Josef Hajkr from the Czech Republic and…
A TikTok inspired challenge has secured Coventry College a library grant from a worldwide bookseller. Coventry College’s Learning Hub has won a £1,000 Local Literacy…
Two budding footballers were chosen to be part of Dagenham and Redbridge FC First Team recently, just a few weeks after starting their apprenticeships with…
In his first speech of 2023, the Prime Minister set out his five priorities for the year ahead and ambition for a better future for…
Music Technology students at Newbury College have been laying down the tracks to their future careers with guest lectures and interactive sessions with leading industry…
A Reading sports coach who became one of the UK’s first graduates of a new apprenticeship programme is encouraging new and aspiring coaches to study…
Toby Perkins MP has written a letter to Gillian Keegan MP to highlight the impact of college re-classification on capital infrastructure projects, and the example…
Santander has announced its decision to remove the 2:1 degree classification requirement from its Graduate Scheme from January 2023. The move reinforces the bank’s focus…
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