Young people

EPI’s blueprint for a 16-19 student premium

Think tank sets out how to introduce the hoped-for policy amid significant disadvantage gap

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Young people

A comprehensive model for post-16 vocational qualifications

Contrary to some suggestions, learners and the economy will be better served by broadening choice rather than restricting it

JL Dutaut
Freya Thomas Monk
Young people

Why Gordon Brown is wrong to go against Labour’s T Level promise

Labour's commitment to pause and review the defunding of T Level alternatives is right - not least because of...

JL Dutaut
Alice Barnard
Young people

Nobody benefits from endlessly delaying level 3 reform

A 'pause and review' can't be an excuse to change direction again. Here are four ways to make sure...

JL Dutaut
James Scott
Politics, Young people

Labour must keep choice at the heart of post-16 pathways

Having a choice of technical education options, including T Levels, is the best way to create a system that...

Shane Chowen
Laura-Jane Rawlings
Young people

Gordon Brown urges Labour to ‘ignore’ pause and review promise

Ex PM and Lord Sainsbury want new government to renege on a pledge made last year to rethink level...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Young people

Labour’s early efforts to tackle youth unemployment are encouraging

The new government's first steps on tackling youth unemployment point to a new era for supported services

JL Dutaut
Laura-Jane Rawlings
Young people

Manchester mayor builds support for MBacc

FE Week visits an Andy Burnham regional event to learn more about his plans to boost technical education

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Awarding, Young people

NCFE fined £300k for 2022 T Level exam fiasco

Awarding body has taken measures to ensure errors will not happen again

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel