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,...
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...
It’s all about the learner, and building a culture of lifelong learning.
Fife College students Camryn Provan and Megan Simpson are preparing for the trip of a lifetime after each being awarded a special scholarship to study…
GCSE students welcomed best-selling author Andy McNab CBE to Reading College and University Centre this week. The author who has written books including Bravo Two…
On Sunday 4th February 2024 a group of over 20 learners and staff will be departing for Cape Town, South Africa as part of a…
A Level student Louis Edwards has secured a place at a prestigious London Conservatoire. In September, he will be heading to Trinity Laban Conservatoire of…
Apprentice carpenter Harley Leonard is aiming to carve out a career in the construction industry after joining Vistry Group at the age of 16. The…
The biggest buzz of the year to be held in the British Parliament Young people aged from 5 to 17 who excel in what they…
Technology-focused learners at Matthew Boulton College, part of BMet, had the opportunity to join forces with like-minded employers at an official T Level Suite launch.…
In a new HEPI Policy Note, Provide or punish? Students’ views on generative AI in higher education (HEPI Policy Note 51) by Josh Freeman, HEPI…
Hull College (@hullcollegegrp) has been successful in its bid to be part of the UK’s global programme that will enable its students to experience studying…
UKSA is launching a screen time reduction trial in a bid to ease anxiety amongst its young students as a third of an increasingly screen…
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