Young people

FE must play its part in tackling engineering’s costly image problem

Engineering is so much more than our education system routinely promotes. Fixing that could be key for girls and...

JL Dutaut
Alisha Bell
Young people

DfE ‘considering’ making sex education compulsory in colleges

The move follows calls by MPs in July to extend the provision to post-16 settings

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Young people

Young people’s access to mental health support shouldn’t be such a lottery

Nick Harrison reflects on new Sutton Trust findings on the breadth, depth and inequities of the mental health crisis...

JL Dutaut
Nick Harrison
Colleges, Young people

16-19 tuition fund: Ofsted warns of ‘weak’ and ‘generic’ tutoring by external agencies

But leaders praise overall 'positive' impact of scheme, and warn future tutoring is 'untenable' without more funding

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Young people

‘Worrying’: Out of work and training 18-year-olds hits highest rate since 2009

Overall proportion of 16-18s not in education, employment or training (NEET) also rises

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Young people

Why Ada is a better blueprint for 16-19 than ABS

On Ada Lovelace Day, and as Ada national college opens a new campus, its CEO explains why the Advanced...

JL Dutaut
Mark Smith
Young people

GCSE resits 2023: Maths and English pass rates down again

Results still off pre-pandemic levels due to 'a more changeable cohort' post-16

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
T Levels, Young people

Results 2023: 7 VTQ and T Level key trends

What we learned from today's data

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Young people

A-level results 2023: London and south east pupils pull further ahead

While national grade standards return to 2019 levels, the regional outlook shows a new normal

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter