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...
Something struck me recently at the Breaking Barriers / NEET Collective, held in central London on 2nd June 2026 - a FE News and Edge...
St Dunstan’s College, Catford, south London, is delighted to reveal it has won two awards at the 29th annual Communicator Awards in New York. The…
New analysis from the Education Policy Institute (EPI), using absence data released yesterday by the Department for Education (DfE), compares pre-pandemic and post-pandemic levels of…
Leeds Trinity University recently collaborated with one of its academic partners, British American College (BAC) International Ltd in Bangladesh, to stage its first international mooting…
A painting by a University of Chester student has been shortlisted from more than 15,000 entries for a renowned Royal Academy exhibition which has previously…
Four Heart of Worcestershire College (HoW College) Skills for Work 2 students recently visited Top Barn Farm and planted a new willow hedge! The four…
Three HoW College Students from the Support into Employment course are currently doing work experience every Thursday at Worcestershire County Hall learning about ground maintenance…
Heart of Worcestershire College (HoW College) are delighted to announce that they have signed the Menopause Workplace Pledge! The Menopause Workplace Pledge was launched in…
Morgan Sindall and Willmott Dixon, the UK’s leading construction companies, have announced their continued partnership with The Department for Education (DfE) and social mobility charity,…
Students from Northern Regional College took part in The Construction Industry Training Board NI (CITB NI) annual SkillBuild NI Finals 2023 competition at NWRC, Greystone…
The government’s record on education funding is particularly woeful in respect of colleges, says Anne Murdoch, college leadership adviser at the Association of School and…
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