Double Disadvantage: Are We Pointing the Skills Compass in the Right Direction? FE Soundbite 853
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 853: 27th June 2026. Double Disadvantage: Are We Pointing the Skills Compass in the Right Direction? This is the weekly…
Milburn interim review
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…
Almost 180 More Youth Hubs Announced. Expanding The Youth Hub Network To Over 360 Local Areas In Three Years
Over the next three years, the Government is expanding its network of Youth Hubs to over 360 local areas across Great Britain Thousands of young…
Praful Nargund Discusses Breaking Barriers to Youth Employment and Youth Engagement
FE News chatted with Praful Nargund, Director, Good Growth Foundation and Skills Adviser to the Work and Pensions Secretary at the recent Breaking Barriers Collective,…
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…
Why FE and Skills Matters to the Future of Young People and Work
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…
Is the Social Contract with Young People Broken and Can We Fix It?
Something struck me recently at the Breaking Barriers / NEET Collective, held in central London on 2nd June 2026 – a FE News and Edge…
Breaking Barriers or Reinforcing Them? Why Transition Support Must Start Earlier and Go Further
At the recent Breaking Barriers Collective, hosted by FE News and the Edge Foundation, over 60 leaders from across education, policy and business joined young…
Could A Skills Compass Help Us Navigate The NEET Crisis And Deliver 1.8 Million New Jobs?Soundbite Edition 850
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 850: 6th June 2026. Could A Skills Compass Help Us Navigate The NEET Crisis And Deliver 1.8 Million New Jobs?…
Employers want the Genuine Article, not the Finished one
Youth worklessness is not new, but the scale of the challenge now demands urgent attention. Over a million young people in the UK are not…