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.
Liberal Democrats are calling on the Government to treble the tax on social media giants to provide a dedicated mental health professional in every school.…
Almost 500 University of Chester students have taken on roles from radio presenting to flying police drones as they have gained invaluable work experience and…
A new manifesto from a leading educational charity is calling on the next government to prioritise technical education as a means of tackling the UK’s…
Unite Students, the UK’s largest provider of student accommodation, has completed work on its new £57million property in Nottingham. The 705-bed development, Morriss House, is…
Today a pioneering new global initiative has launched within UK schools aimed at fostering awareness of plastic pollution amongst primary-aged children in an effort to…
Former Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor student Tomos Jones has seen his career take off after he gained an apprenticeship with Ryanair Engineering. Tomos, 19, has landed a…
From those who responded as ‘impacted’, 76% schools affected by RAAC experienced either full or partial closure. Recent developments have ignited significant concerns about the…
Durham University has been ranked 27th in Europe in the new QS World University Rankings: Europe 2024, published today (Wednesday 20 September). In its first…
ZISHI, the preferred training and education partner providing learning and development solutions for financial services businesses, and Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) (NYSE:ICE), a leading global…
Digital investment platform, Wealthify, is today launching a groundbreaking campaign aimed at tackling low financial literacy levels in young people. Partnering with financial and enterprise…
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