Young people

A-level results 2025: Top grades rise slightly again this year

Ofqual says results rise could be because this year's cohort made 'better post-16 choices'

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
T Levels, Young people

T Level results 2025: Pass rate up and dropouts down

Proportion receiving top grades stays static

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Young people

University clearing: How teachers can support students

All the important details college staff need to help students through clearing this year

Shane Chowen
Sam Sykes
Young people

When kindness takes a seat in the exam hall 

In FE, we spend months preparing students for exam content but rarely for the storm of emotions that arrives...

Jessica Hill
Masha Apostolidu
Young people

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
Young people

New ‘youth panel’ to help shape government policies

The panel's insights will be fed back to ministers and senior officials

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Young people

Shrinking budgets, smaller trips: The new reality for Turing scheme

Recent reductions in Turing Scheme funding have left FE colleges scrambling to sustain international study trips. With disadvantaged students...

Jessica Hill
Kate Erskine
Young people

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
Young people

Bottom 10 per cent missing out on GCSE core subject success

A focus on English and maths resits has pushed England’s young adults up the global rankings but the most...

Jessica Hill
Andrew Otty and Robbie Maris