Chancellor Announces £100m Local Apprenticeship Service led by Mayors
Chancellor John Healey has announced an extra £100 million to expand a local apprenticeship service, with all 14 mayoral strategic authorities now given the chance…
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New Vocational GCSEs to Replace Technical Awards
Every young person across the country will be able to pursue prestigious new Vocational GCSEs and access work experience in a major shake-up of the…
Retail sector pledges 100,000 youth jobs as DWP launches Opening Shift work experience programme
Young people will be given vital work experience opportunities thanks to a major initiative between government and Britain’s leading retailers – with the ambition to create…
Vacancies Are Falling. Unemployment’s Rising. How Do We Support Employers to Create Jobs and Retain People? FE Soundbite 859
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 859: 8th August 2026. Vacancies Are Falling. Unemployment’s Rising. How Do We Support Employers to Create Jobs and Retain People?…
Neuro-inclusion Article Three: One Million Young People and the Case for Building Differently
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…
Burnham’s Big Week Of Announcements… But Is There the Local Infrastructure to Deliver It? FE Soundbite 858
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 858: 1st August 2026. Burnham’s Big Week Of Announcements… But Is There the Local Infrastructure to Deliver It? This is…
From Sept 2028, Year 10 Will Be Able To Get Early Access To Technical Education, Skills Training, Work Experience and Connections With Employers
Prime Minister Andy Burnham: ‘From today Britain will value the Hard Hat as much as the Graduation Cap’ Helen Dickinson OBE, Chief Executive of the…
A NEET Mess: What Wales Tells Us About Milburn and System Alignment
Yusuf Ibrahim, Vice Principal at CAVC, takes Alan Milburn’s interim review as a starting point and asks what the Welsh data really tells us about…
Number 10 North: What Could Andy Burnham’s Vision and Manchesterism Actually Mean for Skills, Young People and the Welfare Trap?
Andy Burnham hasn’t become Prime Minister yet. His speech at the People’s History Museum in Manchester this afternoon reads less like a leadership pitch and…
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…