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Lord Forbes of Newcastle CBE, President, Capital City College

The UK still has a Status Problem when it comes to Education

By Capital City College

For decades, young people have been encouraged to see vocational routes as alternatives to success rather than central to it. Yet at this very moment,...

The Future of Education Needs Builders

By World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE)

The 2026-2027 WISE Prize for Education invites education innovators to turn boldideas into real‑world impact. As someone deeply engaged in improving learning outcomes and advancing...

Emma Beal

Young People, Work, and the Risk of Solving the Wrong Problem

By Skills and Education Group

It’s been a couple of weeks since the Milburn report was published, and I like everyone have been digesting the report and the analysis. Like a well-trained student,...

Dr Paul Tully

The NEET Diagnosis is Shocking, it’s Time for Action not Rhetoric

By FEThink - Smarter Education

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...

Afzal Sayed Munna

Academic Blind Spots and the Six-Point Check: Widening Access, Retention and Employability for the Next Generation of Leaders

By Afzal Sayed Munna

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...

Jamie O'Halloran

Britain’s Young People are Losing Faith in their Future

By The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)

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...

Jeanette Wheeler, Chief People Officer, MHR

Why the youth jobs crisis is really a skills mismatch

By MHR

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...

Baz Ramaiah

Taking Apart the Youth Employment System: Three Lessons from Breaking Barriers

By Youth Employment UK

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...

Claire Bennison

Britain’s skills gap won’t be solved by narrowing opportunity, it will be solved by widening it 

By AAT

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...

robert west

Breaking Barriers: Why Tackling NEET Requires System Change, Not Another Initiative

By Rob West

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...

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