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 -...
Alan Milburn’s Young People and Work interim report should land as a national alarm bell. Nearly one million young people are now not in education,...
To mark the first T Level students finishing their courses, Barnsley College representatives attended a landmark event at the House of Lords alongside fellow education…
Winners of regional heats in WorldSkills UK, a competition for students, competed in national finals held at Barking & Dagenham College in November. In addition…
Three Leeds College of Building students took medal positions at this year’s largest UK multi-trade competition for construction trainees and apprentices. The SkillBuild UK National…
University Academy 92 (UA92) has announced it will become a part of the metaverse in 2023 and will provide unique NFT achievement awards in a…
Bede Sixth Form College is celebrating 50 years since first opening its doors in Billingham. The college is calling on students and staff, past and…
STEM inspiration brought to schools with launch of free Big Bang Blueprint Schools across the UK can now apply to host their own STEM inspiration…
The “very real” impact of the cost-of-living crisis on Initial Teacher Training (ITT) providers and trainee teachers has been revealed today in new research undertaken…
Wakefield College is helping pupils discover their passion for cooking, as it hosts the finals of the Waterton Young Chef of the Year competition 2022-2023…
On Thursday 17th November, the Hadlow College Apprenticeship team were presented with the Centre of Excellence award by City and Guilds for their achievements. Elizabeth Adeola…
ReadSpeaker text-to-speech improves accessibility and interaction with learning content for all learners who choose to use speech technology to help them better engage with materials…
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