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...
A new training programme which will aim to help provide critical skills for the textile and knitwear industry in the Scottish Borders has been launched.…
The first wave of colleges in England that will receive support from The Open University (OU) to develop their higher technical educational offering has been…
September saw millions of UK students head to university. During this exciting time, they’re busy discovering all the new aspects of student life – meeting…
On Friday 2nd December Matt Hancock returned to Parliament after his stint in the jungle for the second reading of his Private Members Bill –…
A new Land Laboratory Teaching Centre, which will provide an integrated, state-of-art, facility to train students in climate-smart, resilient agriculture and land management, is to…
London College of Creative Media (LCCM) recently hosted the inaugural, grand final of the Mathew Knowles Scholarship competition. Taking place in front of a sold-out…
Employees at RWE will complete Engineering Degrees through Grŵp Llandrillo Menai. As part of a three-year plan, RWE – a multinational energy company specialising in…
Barnsley College has launched four new courses to help adults navigate their interests or progress in their current employment. The Level 2 certificates in Understanding…
The Corporate Governance Institute, the world’s leading provider of governance education and certification for directors has partnered with one of the oldest and most established…
Three Scottish plumbing apprentices, all of whom are employed by SNIPEF members, qualified for the top eight at the UK WorldSkills final held last month…
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