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 -...
A bestselling north-east author has joined forces with her former university to launch a package of measures to support fledgling writers. The University of Sunderland…
As many universities in the UK remain under pressure to increase efficiencies amid a challenging economic backdrop, Canterbury Christ Church University is progressing on its…
A Sheffield College student has been shortlisted for a UK-wide award. Leo Wilcox is a finalist in the Queer Student Awards 2023 and has been…
A national effort is needed to support the 1 in 5 children who are regularly missing school, the Minister for Education and Welsh Language, Jeremy…
In this post, we share with you five practical tips on how to measure and assess apprentices’ behaviour whilst on-programme ready for EPA. As a…
The Education Committee will question Ofsted Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman on the regulator’s role in supporting reforms to the children’s social care sector. Among the…
Local politicians will speak in support of college staff striking over pay and conditions at a rally on Monday (12 June) in Leeds, announced the…
Bath Spa University has partnered with Bristol Pride (24 June – 9 July 2023) for the first time to sponsor this year’s Queer Vision Film Festival. Now in…
Plus, universities are adapting courses to spotlight sustainability The UK’s engineering academics have called for greater visibility for the subject in schools as a way…
From the University of Sunderland Hong Kong campus earlier this month, to sunny South Shields last week – the University’s Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive has…
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