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...
There’s a gulf between where many NEET young people are and where employers need them to be so that they can thrive in a job. The UK must find ways to bridge that gulf -...
UCEM has launched a new master’s degree to support the appetite and demand for sustainability and environmental skills in the built environment. The MSc Innovation…
University of Brighton PhD students landed three out of five competitive placements as researchers on the latest series of Radio 4’s You’re Dead To Me…
After helping New City College triumph in the Country Range Student Chef Challenge earlier this year and then securing a place at Michelin-starred Frog in…
Bath Spa University’s Bath Business School has become the first, and only, higher education provider in the South West to offer students at undergraduate level…
Motability Operations and CALLUM are working in partnership to secure the future of electric wheelchair accessible vehicles, by hosting a competition to find an inspiring…
Blackburn College has been announced as one of the first in the country to launch a new digital marketing apprenticeship programme created by multi award-winning…
Higher education teaching staff want more support to teach effectively online, according to a new survey from Jisc. The digital experience insights survey of higher…
HRH The Earl of Wessex visits the world’s oldest youth club then hosts Buckingham Palace reception for charity London Youth after taking over patronage from…
Performing arts students to create dementia friendly workshops and performances Performing arts students from Leicester College are taking part in a national, intergenerational project where…
Visitors to the next open event due to be staged by North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College (NWSLC) will be able to enjoy a personalised…
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