Skills funding

Our economy won’t grow with almost 1m young people left behind

Britain cannot rebuild its economy while a million young people are locked out of opportunity. This Budget must back...

Jessica Hill
Sarah Smith MP
Long read, NEETs

How NEET providers are propping up a failing system

Helping inactive young people get back on track is being hampered by a youth population spike, market instability and...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges

White paper’s details pose a devilish problem for FE admin

Just as Wells’ Martians were undone by what they overlooked, the post-16 white paper could be derailed by the...

Jessica Hill
Ian Pryce
NEETs

Milburn’s the man to make us think differently about NEETs

If Alan Milburn’s review into NEETs is to trigger lasting change, it must challenge the language, systems and silos...

Jessica Hill
Lee Elliot Major
NEETs

Skills providers can help firms tap into economically inactive talent

Supporting the ‘economically inactive’ back into jobs presents an opportunity for skills providers to collaborate with businesses in developing...

Jessica Hill
Luke Muscat and Ryan Brown
NEETs

Compulsory to 18? Too many still drop out at 16

A decade after raising the participation age, thousands of disadvantaged students still leave education at 16—and the gap with...

Jessica Hill
Sam Tuckett
NEETs

They’re not ‘hard to reach’ but the system is closed to them

Students who risk becoming NEET often need time, flexibility or a second chance – providers must remove barriers that...

Jessica Hill
Dhruv Patel
Careers

First area chosen to trial new jobs and careers service ‘pathfinder’

West Yorkshire will test ‘personalised’ jobseeker support

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
NEET support

Our data sharing fears hamper support of NEET young people

Fear and misunderstanding over GDPR is holding back NEET reduction efforts

Jessica Hill
Venugopal Agrawal