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 -...
Alan Milburn’s Young People and Work interim report should land as a national alarm bell. Nearly one million young people are now not in education,...
It’s all about the learner, and building a culture of lifelong learning.
The Rt Hon Dame Margaret Hodge joined students at Barking & Dagenham College for a special lesson. Barking & Dagenham College has been working with…
Media students welcomed Academy and BAFTA Award-winning Producer Gareth Ellis-Unwin(@Bedlam_Gareth) to Reading College and University Centre on Monday 11 March. Gareth who is the CEO…
Hult International Business School(@Hult_Business) has broken the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™(@GWR) title for the “Most Nationalities in a Business Lesson.” Over 90 members of the Hult community came together…
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak MP toured workshops and took in student projects on a visit to SGS Berkeley Green UTC in Gloucestershire yesterday. Joining the…
As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins, millions of Muslims worldwide begin to observe fasting, avoiding food and drink from dawn till dusk. This…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 737, March 15th, 2024: Are Early Leavers Partial Achievers? This is the weekly e-newsletter and e-journal by FE News: ISSN…
According to a study by Student Beans, the top-rated discount provider for students, almost 62% of students find exams so stressful that their mental wellbeing is…
The Office for Students (OfS) has worked with a group of sector representatives to establish new guidance for universities and colleges on the retention of…
Glasgow Clyde College (@Glasgow_Clyde) has launched a new course to help adults improve their maths skills for everyday use. According to The Scottish Government, around…
A Coventry University(@covcampus) PhD student hopes her research into suicide among autistic people will help save lives after her study is included in the Government’s…
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