Why the youth jobs crisis is really a skills mismatch
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...
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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 –…
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