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,...
Colleges and universities are calling on the Scottish Government to invest now in further and higher education to boost Scotland’s productivity and ensure a trained…
The FE Symposium held in the inspirational Google offices in London brought together leaders from across the UK Further Education sector to share insights and…
An overwhelming majority of candidates taking professional qualifications now prefer to take them remotely, online instead of in a traditional test centre setting, according to…
The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has been re-approved as a Centre of Excellence for Enterprise Education by the IOEE (Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs) for…
Cost-of-Living crisis hits university students as calls for debt and housing support surge Calls to Endsleigh’s Student Assistance Programme, in partnership with Health Assured, has…
Up and coming automotive talent from diverse backgrounds recognised in national competition. Following an in-depth year-long application process, the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI)…
Further education providers across Kent will come together early next year for the launch of four exciting and innovative business focused learning centres to support…
It was a day of smiles and scrolls as students were honoured at Dumfries and Galloway College’s Graduation Day. The event consisted of two ceremonies…
It turned out to be a great night for @BordersCollege at the recent College Development Network (CDN) Annual Awards after they were announced as ‘Winners’…
Department for Education have released full-year final data on adult (19+) further education and skills in England for the 2021/22 academic year (August 2021 to July 2022)…
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