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 -...
A group of students from North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College (NWSLC) are helping to maintain the memorial gardens at a Nuneaton crematorium as part…
The Education and Welsh Language Minister Jeremy Miles has announced free Welsh lessons will be extended to the entire education workforce, including non-teaching staff for…
In November 2022, Learning Resource Network (LRN) signed a partnership agreement with the Centre for Emerging Studies and iLearn, as well as the Defence Housing…
Join our webinar where you will learn how to enrich foreign language education with authoring tools! In this training, Sabire Akay will show you how…
Barton Peveril Sixth Form College students Jasmine Gosse, Katie Youp and Lily Dermott have qualified for the Association of Colleges National Cross Country Finals in…
A group of Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma in Construction and the Built Environment and Civil Engineering students from South West College recently…
The deadline for the Country Range Student Chef Challenge (CRSCC) 2023 has been extended until Friday 16th December 2022 to allow colleges and students extra…
Accountability hearing with the Secretary of State for Education Wednesday 7 December at 09.30, Committee Room 15 Watch live on parliamentlive.tv The new Education Secretary…
College students, staff and faculty embraced the opportunity to give a plant-based diet a go as South West College (SWC) celebrated World Vegan month by…
With the world opening up to international travel once again following pandemic restrictions, South West College was delighted to host delegates from a range of…
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