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...
Schools in the UK are facing significant financial pressures with new projections suggesting that 90% of schools will have lower per pupil funding in real…
Northern Regional College engineering students, Charlie Carson and Jason Scott, have qualified to represent Team UK in the Robot Systems Integration category at EuroSkills in…
University of Chester students have won two awards and showcased their carbon-cutting venture to HRH The Princess Royal in a UK competition championing young entrepreneurs…
A number of innovative training programmes are helping thousands of people to progress their careers and support the future of Greater Manchester’s growing workforce. Training…
West London College Patisserie and Confectionery Level 2 student Kai Whittaker (23) won the 2023 Student Pastry Chef of the Year competition, organised by leading chef networking…
Students from Barking & Dagenham College got to view the impressive film studios being built in the borough from a sky-high vantage point. In a…
AN INCREDIBLE 150+ wellbeing and self-care sessions will be held across Coleg Cambria’s five sites during Mental Health Awareness Week. Beginning on Monday (May 15)…
Suffolk New College in Ipswich opened a new Net Zero Skills Centre this week. The facility benefitted from £940,000 worth of funding from the Ipswich…
Remap, the UK charity renowned for empowering disabled individuals with customised technology solutions, is making a pivotal difference in a Newbury College student’s life. Rufus…
Persistent absence and support for disadvantaged children Tuesday 16 May at 10:00, Committee Room 15 Watch live on parliamentlive.tv The barriers to attending school experienced…
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