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.
Askham Bryan College students and staff are being urged to support a new scheme by reducing the number of single use drinks cups that are…
The following analysis is based on the most recent data from across a sample of nine UniQuest higher education partners in the UK, focusing on…
Jevean Barryclough, a student in the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy (PJEA) at Leicester College, has been crowned Entrepreneur of the Year at the Peter Jones…
As CEO of Wealthify, Andy Russell knows financial education in UK schools isn’t up to scratch. In this article, he explains how – and why…
South Eastern Regional College (SERC) Access student Vikki Pinkerton has been hard at work transforming SERC Bangor Campus’ bungalow garden into a beautiful community garden…
In the last month, Google searches for ‘internships’ have increased by 22% to 6,000 searches per month while TikTok has seen 4 million views for…
Liberal Democrats are launching a groundbreaking initiative, providing free small-group tutoring to 1.75 million struggling students annually. Recent analysis by the party highlights that over…
Adopting a new methodology approach could address concerns about student satisfaction surveys, according to new research. A group of economics and social sciences experts has…
UKSA is reporting its Further Education student intake for September 2023 is its highest on record, increasing 20 per cent on 2022 figures, with 71…
Stephen Perse Cambridge has partnered with innovative shared transport provider Kura to provide safer, greener, smarter school travel for its students in Cambridge. After a…
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