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.
On Wednesday 18 October the University of Kent will welcome Amazon to its Canterbury campus for a conference on AI. “Empowering Tomorrow: Unleashing Creativity through…
The Sheffield College has achieved a silver rating in a national scheme that recognises excellence in university level teaching. Run by the Office for Students,…
Taking a step back to do something you have always wanted to do takes lots of courage and, sometimes, a little friendly ‘push’. Such was…
Whether you’re currently in the final year of a-levels and college, or you’ve chosen to take a gap year, deciding whether the traditional route of…
Growing Talent Digital Leeds was launched in collaboration with prominent digital employers, education providers and public sector organisations. The programme’s second year has seen 10,500…
University College Birmingham has been recognised by the Office for Students’ (OfS) Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) for delivering excellence in teaching and learning focusing on…
From FemTech to Toys – Design & Technology Association collaborates with innovative businesses to rejuvenate endangered curriculum subject London, 28th September 2023 – In a…
More than 20 legal professionals from across the region have signed up to a mentorship scheme to provide crucial advice and guidance to Law students…
The National Union of Students (NUS) has welcomed the Liberal Democrat’s promises, delivered at their annual conference in Bournemouth, to reinstate maintenance grants for disadvantaged…
Coventry University Group has been awarded a prestigious Gold Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) rating in recognition of its “outstanding student experience and student outcomes. …
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