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...
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...
It’s all about the learner, and building a culture of lifelong learning.
A pioneering project which uses the arts to tackle depression has been awarded new funding to develop a Continuous Professional Development (CPD) training package for…
Abbey College Manchester has successfully strengthened its annual university fair, welcoming additional universities to provide invaluable support to students with their applications. Now with eleven leading UK universities in attendance, in comparison…
University life often brings together students from various parts of the world. Data shows that, during the 2021/22 academic year, there were about 680,000 international…
Four Fife College students have been recognised by the Atlantic Council at the international security group’s Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge. HND Cyber Security Students Kieran…
The Education Committee has launched a new inquiry to investigate the impact that this year’s industrial action by university staff had on students. University and…
Students from Wirral Met College’s hairdressing and media departments secured silver and bronze at the WorldSkills UK National Finals. Held in in Manchester the competition…
The 20-hour working limit for international students has impacted 70% of international students’ ability to find suitable work, NUS UK survey finds. Today NUS has launched…
In this article, Muniya Barua explains that for everyone, “what to do after leaving education is one of the most exciting and daunting decisions we…
Activate Learning and NCG are joining forces to address the rising demand for mental health support for young people in education in what is the…
Bath Spa University has chosen Explorance Blue to centralise its evaluation process, which had comprised a range of de-centralised surveys conducted via Google Forms and…
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