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,...
Sam Wood, a final year student studying Film Production at the University of Salford and entrepreneur, has launched Salford Media Works, an all-inclusive creative content…
The quality and standards of Cardiff and Vale College’s university-level courses has been confirmed by a Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) review. CAVC…
Painting, Drawing & Printmaking student Charley Dyson will take part in a two week residency at Dumfries House, Scotland Charley Dyson, a BA (Hons) Painting,…
@HopwoodHall College and University Centre held its glitzy Students Awards 2023 – hot on the heels of being praised by Ofsted for making a strong…
School leader survey suggests National Tutoring Programme is helping disadvantaged pupils, but views split on cost-effectiveness of tutoring New survey data suggests most senior school…
A fashion and textiles student from North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College (NWSLC) has won a competition to design new kit for Hinckley Cycle Racing…
Brewing crisis in education can only be solved if Gillian Keegan reopens talks with unions The General Secretary of the Association of School and College…
Clare Howard, the Derby-based chief executive of a national organisation supporting further education for young people with special educational needs and disabilities, has been awarded…
Newcastle and Stafford College Group’s (NSCG) Newcastle College showcased its students, apprentices and employer partners in a night filled with celebration and pride during the…
Telford College has made more places available on its new health and social care T Level programme – offering a more practical alternative to A…
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