Life is Rarely Linear. Our Education System Should Stop Pretending that it is
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…
Breaking Barriers Collective
Let’s Build More Bridges For Young People Into Work
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…
Will Number 10 North Be Genuinely Pioneering or Just Close to Home? FE Soundbite 857
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 857: 25th July 2026. Will Number 10 North Be Genuinely Pioneering, New System-Wide Thinking, or Is It Just Close to…
Britain Can’t Afford to Lose Another Generation: Breaking Barriers Action Plan
The Report from the Breaking Barriers Collective sets out six recommendations, from a national transition framework to a Youth Opportunity Strategy across government, as more…
Breaking Barriers | Baz Ramaiah: More Good Jobs, Better Employers and Tailored Support. That’s How We Fix the NEET Crisis
We catch up with Baz Ramaiah, Director of Policy and Research at Youth Employment UK, at the recent Breaking Barriers collective, a collective intelligence event…
Deirdre Hughes: “Young People Have Lost Their Line of Sight to Opportunity”
We catch up with Deirdre Hughes, Associate Professor at the University of Warwick’s Institute for Employment Research and founder of DMH Associates, at the recent…
Skills Without Vacancies. Are We Only Managing the NEET Crisis, Not Solving It? FE Soundbite Edition 852
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 852: 20th June 2026. How can we solve the NEET or Economic Inactivity Crisis, when there are 707,000 vacancies for…
Ayesha Baloch From Impetus Discusses The Importance Of Reaching ‘Hidden NEETs’ To Break Barriers into Employment
FE News caught up with Ayesha Baloch, Head of Youth Employment Policy at Impetus, at the recent Breaking Barriers Collective. The Breaking Barriers collective was…
Amy Harcourt Shares Insights From A Young Person’s Perspective On How To Break Down Barriers Into Work for Young People
We chat with Amy Harcourt, who was a speaker at the Breaking Barriers collective. Amy reflects from a young person’s perspective, what we need to…
Olly Newton: Why Systems Thinking Is The Key To Breaking Barriers For 1 Million Young People
We catch up with Olly Newton, Executive Director of the Edge Foundation at the Breaking Barriers Collective, a joint collective intelligence event in partnership with…