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...
@BordersCollege Hairdressing student Lydia Carr has been given the opportunity of a lifetime after being offered a job with an award-winning hairdressing salon in Melbourne,…
UKSA has announced it has partnered with Red Funnel in offering its Level 3 Workboat Crew Member Apprenticeship Programme as part of its maritime career…
Arts University Plymouth appoints Stephanie Owens as Dean of Arts, Design & Media Interdisciplinary artist & researcher Stephanie Owens is a former Director of the…
The winners of the Winter Split of the UK and Ireland Amazon UNIVERSITY Esports 2022/23 season have been crowned, with over 100 universities participating in…
MAYOR Andy Burnham, alongside business and education leaders, have written to Government to restate their ambitious plans to transform Greater Manchester into the UK’s leading…
Fife College has again recorded the best ‘positive destination’ figures of any college in Scotland, according to the latest Scottish Funding Council report. Over 93%…
Employers are being given a helping hand to fuel their business growth in 2023 with the offer of free technical training courses. Middlesbrough College is…
Occupational Awards Limited (OAL) are delighted to announce that Emma Harrison, Managing Director, of South Yorkshire based Training Provider Whyy? Change achieved a distinction from…
The Scottish 2023 Budget, published this afternoon (15 December), pledges a real term cut to university and college budgets, with only £46 million of additional…
A FLOURISHING wildlife garden unveiled earlier this year has already won an award for conservation. The new wildlife corridor and wellbeing garden at Coleg Cambria…
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