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.
Support staff at both Leeds Trinity University and the University of Leeds will walk out for two days next week in their ongoing dispute about…
Many students will be on the lookout for placements within the next year and with so many options out there, finding the right one for…
Half of new graduates* have stated that it’s taken them over six months to find professional employment since leaving university – whilst less than a…
CONSTRUCTION students at Middlesbrough College are set to get a helping hand to build up their careers after a new project was launched. The Future…
The launch is part of a £250 million investment by the University of Sunderland to transform facilities at its campuses in Sunderland and London Business,…
The 13 institutions have committed to encouraging prospective students to tick the UCAS careexperienced box, where appropriate, in their applications. This collaborative approach has led…
The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has scored top marks for its work with industry and the public sector in a survey of 139 English universities…
Tackle school absence crisis with better mental health and SEND support and urgent legislation, says Education Committee The Education Committee has proposed a range of…
A Leeds College of Building apprentice has played for her country after being selected for the U19s England Diploma in Sporting Excellence (DiSE) Women’s Rugby…
Birmingham Newman University has been ranked first in England for social inclusion, according to The Sunday Times Good University Guide for 2024. The university came…
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