It’s been a couple of weeks since the Milburn report was published, and I like everyone have been digesting the report and the analysis. Like a well-trained student,...
Britain’s NEET crisis is no longer a warning sign; it is a structural failure. The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures (Jan-March 2026) estimate...
Across further and higher education, widening participation has become one of the defining policy priorities of the past two decades. Institutions have rightly focused on...
Young people today are entering a world in upheaval. Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, record-breaking temperatures, and the accelerating rise of AI is...
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...
Hundreds of students across Bradford are gearing up to take part in the district’s fifth Bradford Manufacturing Weeks careers initiative. Pupils from 40 schools and…
An update to the key stage 2 attainment publication to add key stage 2 attainment by phonics prior attainment.Read More
Teachers, tutors and students want to keep the vast majority of tuition online because they see it as being as effective or more effective than…
’It’s not the end of the world’ is a phrase we’ve all heard from well-meaning family or friends after a setback. If you have just…
The ESCP Finance Society (EFS) successfully completed the ninth edition of its annual Banking Trek. For the first time since COVID-19, the Banking Trek took…
The framework of guidance for the new Diploma in Teaching (Further Education and Skills) is now available. It is based closely on the occupational standards…
In 2019, the government pledged to recruit an additional 50,000 nurses to the NHS by 2024. But what about other roles – like pharmacists and…
Parents praise Westminster City Council’s Supported Internship scheme for instilling belief in SEND community This week is National Inclusion Week (NIW), a week dedicated to celebrating…
Ofqual’s Public Enquiries team is the first point of contact for anyone with questions about the qualifications, assessments or awarding organisations we regulate. We get…
The AAT’s new syllabus was finally launched at the start of September 2022, moving over from AQ2016 to ‘Qualifications 2022’. This was delayed twice from…
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