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 -...
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Season three of Innovation in Financial Inclusion centres on innovative ways to tackle financial exclusion and what can be learnt from other countries to create…
Politicians demonstrate how cross-party backing is building for protection of title as Sparks’ Remarks also discusses the situation in France and Germany MSPs from across…
Acquiring new skills and seizing opportunities can unlock a whole new world. In “Skilfully Speaking,” well-known successful people from a wide range of backgrounds pass…
In a recent episode of “AI, Leadership and the Future of FE,” Debra Gray joins hosts Richard Foster-Fletcher and Kurt Hintz to discuss the significant…
Abbas Zahedi is an artist who grew up in Shepherds Bush, West London. He works with sound, installation and performance art. In this episode, Abbas…
In the latest episode of the podcast series “Artificial Intelligence, Leadership and the Future of Further Education,” hosts Richard Foster-Fletcher, Kurt Hintz, together with guest…
Kimmy Beatbox is one of the UK’s top beatboxers. They started their career busking in Liverpool and Manchester, and now they perform across the UK…
George Yarnton is an artist and illustrator from Ipswich, who has designed for magazines such as Enemy and Vice, as well as for the music…
Anna Ssemuyaba is a screenwriter who has worked on many different projects across film and TV. She was named by Deadline as one of the UK’s 10…
DINES® is a Creative Director and international keynote speaker based in London, UK. He’s currently active as founder and Creative Director of multi-award winning creative agency,…
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