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,...
An innovative partnership between Trumpington Park Primary School and Cambridgeshire PSHE Service, part of Cambridgeshire County Council, is helping to prepare the next generation of…
Fife College has welcomed renowned actress Shirley Henderson as the latest inductee to its Hall of Fame. The multi-award-winning actress joins fellow Fife College alumni,…
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, in partnership with Wirral Met College, is launching an innovative scheme to help individuals across their local community access…
Designed for budding head chefs and those aspiring to a career in front of house, the Exeter College Michael Caines Academy gives students the opportunity…
Coleg Menai learners will take part in the Student Motorsport Challenge at Trac Môn on Anglesey this weekend. Motorsport students at the Llangefni campus will…
Improving the career prospects for military personnel during and after active service is central to the mission of a University of Sunderland lecturer. Terry McDermott-Moses…
The Minister for Women and Equalities, Kemi Badenoch, has written a letter to the Ofsted Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman requesting that Ofsted carry out a…
Two girls have scooped the top awards in the prestigious national Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Competition. Kaycee Deery (15), a student at…
Secondary school students from across Northamptonshire gathered at University of Northampton this week to get inspiration for their career aspirations. Around 100 students aged 11…
Learning about the right opportunities and taking advantage of them can change the course of one’s life. In a recent interview, we spoke to Obin,…
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