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 -...
It’s all about the learner, and building a culture of lifelong learning.
A new study from the University of Sussex Business School has revealed that “maths anxiety” can cause disengagement and create significant barriers to learning. Using…
Destination STEM – which aims to make STEM careers more accessible and inclusive for young people – has officially launched with key figures from education and…
Nearly two thirds of UK students say their university is not adapting quickly enough to include AI support tools to help with their study, according…
“If there’s a gap, autistic young people fall through it”, Ambitious about Autism responds to the Buckland Review The government has today published its Autism…
As the Scottish Parliament voted to pass the 2024-25 budget bill, NUS Scotland has again warned that cash-terms cuts to higher and further education of…
A bold new government-backed review has set out a vision for workplace culture changes to support autistic people to start and stay in work. DWP…
Warning that many schools and parents are unprepared for the AI revolution as new Internet Matters research reveals a quarter of children are using artificial…
The winners of the 2023/24 Association of Colleges Beacon Awards have been announced in a prestigious ceremony in Westminster. The awards celebrate the best and…
A new report from Blackbullion, has found that the cost-of-living is reshaping today’s university experience and driving fragmentation, with increasing numbers of ‘commuter students’. The…
Students in these cities are most likely to use ChatGPT – according to new study A new study has revealed that students in Bath are…
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