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 -...
Alan Milburn’s Young People and Work interim report should land as a national alarm bell. Nearly one million young people are now not in education,...
Mental health and wellbeing in the workplace, classroom and in life!
Higher education institution, UA92 (University Academy 92) has launched a new health and wellness performance centre for students, alumni, staff and professional athletes. The state-of-the-art…
Chris Thomson draws on his experience of senior management to offer some first-hand strategies for tackling stress Three months into my first senior management post…
Mental health counsellor Sheila McMahon’s challenge to step out of her comfort zone to help save lives comes to an end. Here, in Stress Awareness…
The recently introduced Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill is a welcome development for those in the Further Education (FE) sector, as it signals…
On the 13th of May at Ukfield Leisure Centre, Stephen Jeffery will be taking on the Swimathon Challenge 2023 to raise money for life-saving cancer…
Nominations are still open for the Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards which highlights and promotes social mobility, diversity, inclusion and equity in apprenticeships. The awards, happening for…
The Principal and CEO of Leeds College of Building has joined a growing list of senior managers taking part in CEO Sleepout. Nikki Davis, the first…
London Learning Consortium had a fantastic turnout for their Traineeship Taster Day on 31/3/23. Focusing on Construction, Business Support, Childcare and Digital Marketing; the event…
As well as dealing with increasing scrutiny regarding their impact on the environment, the nature of the Oil & Gas sector means that employee welfare…
It is often claimed that the UK is in the grip of a productivity crisis. However, improving productivity is not simply about increasing the demands…
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