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 -...
Female engineer calls on others to follow their dreams A TEESSIDE woman has engineered her dream career in STEM and is calling on more young…
University students who go on placements as part of their degree need better support, with placement providers and universities working more closely together to reduce…
Fife College has been announced as a finalist at The Herald Top Employer Awards. The College has been shortlisted in two categories at the awards…
Pioneering music education college WaterBear, has announced a record year of sales, achieving a significant 33.3% year-on-year (YoY) uplift. The group recorded a turnover of £2.8million…
Home Education, training and skills Running and managing a school Setting up or changing the status of a school Set up or convert to an…
October is Black History Month in the UK and a time to celebrate the contribution black people have made over the centuries in shaping the dynamic…
Micro:bit Educational Foundation, the education non-profit on a mission to enhance children’s digital skills, today announces it is making it even easier for children to learn the text-based coding…
Students and employer partners celebrated success at an awards night with award-winning entrepreneur Bianca Miller-Cole. Bianca, who became a public face after competing in the…
A team of IT students from South Eastern Regional College (SERC) have been crowned winners of the College’s Expo Challenge 2022 for their innovative enterprise…
Data we collect The Department for Education (DfE) and its executive agencies have legal powers to collect data about individuals in the children’s services, education,…
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