Andy Burnham means business. Two weeks into the job, the new Prime Minister has promised to end rough sleeping, fix social care, cap energy bills...
It seems everyone in Greater Manchester has an Andy Burnham Story. Mine starts backstage at Parklife festival in 2017. I was fortunate enough to be...
Employers understand the need for skills. They experience recruitment pressures, changing technology and gaps in workforce capability directly. What many understand less clearly, is how...
The Breaking Barriers report is absolutely right to focus on building more bridges into work for young people and moving the debate away from cliff...
On Tuesday last week, the Prime Minister announced plans to put technical education on an equal footing with academic study. There was more focus on...
In the first three months of 2026, the number of young people in the UK who were not in education, employment or training (NEETs) passed...
The recent FE News special feature for Youth Employment Week rightly celebrated the employers who are working hard to open doors for young people, showcasing...
Lord Agnew, Chair of the House of Lords special inquiry Numeracy for Life Committee provides an update on the Committee’s year-long inquiry. The cross-party House of Lords Numeracy for Life...
September marks the three-year anniversary of the Green Changemakers programme and we have learned so much in that time. On this quiet morning in my...
It has been nine months since the House of Lords Social Mobility Policy Committee, which I chaired, published its report ‘Social mobility: Local roots, lasting...
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Everyone’s been impacted by the events of the past two years in different ways, but one of the biggest widespread changes to daily life is…
A young South Londoner had spent lockdown working with his therapist to create a half book, half journal and now has his first-ever six-figure business…
A Spotlight on Construction Graduate Estimator Ben Spyvee Ben, 23, is from Gloucestershire, he studied Quantity Surveying at Reading College over a three-year period and went…
After 18 years at the helm, Martin Dunford OBE has stepped down as Chair of AELP’s board, effective as of the AGM on 22 February…
Longer-term destination measures can provide valuable insights into young people’s future labour market outcomes, says report One of education’s many roles is to provide young…
Mindstone for Business allows companies to build bespoke, continuously-evolving training playlists for onboarding, reskilling, and upskilling that improve the learning experience and retention of organisational…
Europe’s largest charity for lesbian, gay, bi, trans and queer rights, Stonewall, has today launched its hotly anticipated Top 100 Employers List and named financial…
Educational success is often measured using short-term metrics such as exam results and league tables. While these offer snapshots in time, they also provide an…
NEW SUTTON TRUST RESEARCH WITH THE BRIDGE GROUP OFFERS RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPORT ACCESS AND PROGRESSION A new report by the Sutton Trust and the Bridge…
Innovation funding specialists ABGI-UK were delighted to judge the Scotland and Wales regional applications once again for this year’s Super Connect for Good competition. This…
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