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,...
A young Carrickfergus woman who returned to education to complete an Access to University course at Northern Regional College in Newtownabbey after a break of…
Barnsley College has announced the appointment of David Akeroyd as its new Principal and Chief Executive. Current Principal and Chief Executive, Yiannis Koursis OBE, will…
Ambitious plans for a sustainable community bar and restaurant to bring together students and local residents have won a team of teenagers a coveted prize.…
Lloyds Banking Group is expanding its support for T-Levels, announcing a record intake of students this year as it looks to boost digital skills and…
Summer is here, and Twinkl is ready to spread some much-needed joy and appreciation among educators with their, “Thank You, Educators.” campaign. It’s an opportunity…
OrCam Technologies, innovator of life-changing, personal “AI as a companion” solutions, has introduced robust new features to the recently-launched OrCam Learn, a comprehensive AI-driven study…
Students got to meet potential employers at the CaMVA jobs fairs across Grŵp Llandrillo Menai’s campuses – with some gaining job interviews. Events were held…
ATTFE College hosted a VIP Planetarium event on Friday 16th June 2023 in Caunton. The college worked closely with planetarium staff to invite over 75…
A Ukrainian student who fled war says a Coventry University Group scholarship has helped him build a new life in Poland. Yehor Boiko is one…
A Sunderland academic has appeared before an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) this week to present evidence of her findings on the impact school exclusions have…
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