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...
Something struck me recently at the Breaking Barriers / NEET Collective, held in central London on 2nd June 2026 - a FE News and Edge...
Recently, I visited PET-Xi in Coventry, and I left with a feeling I know all too well: admiration, frustration and a deep sense of déjà...
Practitioners, leaders, researchers and advocates gathered in London to do something the sector urgently needed: not just name the problem, but co-design the route out...
Corndel is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Niamh Downing as Principal of the newly-launched Corndel College London: a new higher education initiative that…
GameMaker removes barriers to entry so anyone can start teaching game design and boosting student engagement for free Schools can now teach game design and…
Young people from low-income backgrounds are under-represented in higher and degree level apprenticeships, according to new research published today by the Sutton Trust. The research…
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and DWS have announced the establishment of the “Centre for European Transformation”. The Centre will be located at Frankfurt School,…
Award-winning film and TV stuntman Justin Pearson shared stories of his action-packed career when he gave a talk to hundreds of Telford College students. The…
The Yidan Prize Foundation, the global philanthropic foundation behind the world’s highest education accolade, hosted the 2022 Yidan Prize Summit yesterday. Teachers are facing more—and…
The Office for Students (OfS) is awarding £432 million in capital funding to support investment in new buildings, facilities and equipment for universities and colleges…
The University of Birmingham is launching a world-leading teaching and research programme in Jainism, made possible by generous supporters from the Jain community. Jainism is…
National distance learning provider, Open Study College, has announced its partnership with Prisoners’ Education Trust (PET), a charity dedicated to providing a variety of educational…
Former Burton and South Derbyshire College (BSDC) student, James Allsopp has transformed his career prospects through a Kick-start course and has now gone on to…
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