In May 2026 Edge made two short films about two different curricula, both based around core elements of Deeper Learning. Both are predominantly place-based curricula tailored specifically to where they operate – Blackpool and Morecambe Bay.

Our July labour market briefing is now live! 🔴 Read our analysis of this month's labour market stats from ONS #Employment #LabourMarket

Over the next few months, the Government will roll out an expanded grants and incentive package for employers taking on apprentices, particularly in SMEs. These incentives are a cornerstone of the Government’s youth employment package, announced earlier this year,...

Since its launch just over a year ago, our popular series What's in a Word? has explored how the language of education is never neutral, but a series of choices that shape policy decisions, perceptions, and how practice operates.

Rosie Clayton gives an overview of place-based education in the UK and wonders if Andy Burnham's Manchester view of education will translate to a national outlook. Read our recent blog post here: www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...

Fylde Coast Academy Trust are fundamentally reimagining what Key Stage 4 education should look like, The result is the Compass Curriculum. Read more here: www.edge.co.uk/deeper-learn...

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Applications for the AoC Beacon Awards 2026/27 are open! The awards celebrate and showcase best practice and innovation and highlight excellence in the sector. Apply now: www.aoc.co.uk/awards/beaco... #AoCBeacons #LoveOurColleges

Through the introduction of the MBacc in Greater Manchester, which Edge supported, Andy Burnham sought to create a broader curriculum for young people and one that offers a line of sight to fast-growing industries in the local economy. 👇

📅 Join the FE Collective livestream on Tuesday 21st July where we will unpack our summary report based on the session we convened on NEETs in June. Join Gavin O'Meara, Oliver Newton, Baz Ramaiah and Roman Dibden FRSA ⬇️ www.linkedin.com/events/break...

Edge has a team of researchers who lead our primary research projects. They also work with a wide range of associate researchers and early career researchers from universities and partner organisations in the UK and beyond. 👇

What’s the one thing that would make the biggest difference in helping young people move into good jobs? At #EmpSkills26, we asked: ⭐ Sarah Yong, Youth Futures Foundation ⭐ Luiza Paludo Gomes, @britishretail.bsky.social ⭐ Olly Newton, @edgeuk.bsky.social ⭐ Jemma Johnstone, @maxuknews.bsky.social

England’s creative education pipeline is under strain. With a widening gap between skills demand and delivery, the need for authentic, real-world learning in creative subjects is more urgent than ever. Walsall College is tackling the problem head on... 👇

🗣️ Call out for contributors We are inviting suggestions for future posts in our popular What’s in a Word series for autumn 2026. We welcome proposals from researchers, practitioners, policymakers and others. Get involved: www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...

Too many young people in the UK feel they need to leave the communities they grew up in to succeed elsewhere. . Young people with high academic achievement in the UK are encouraged to pursue a university degree,...

Cezanne Ritchie, Sector Governance Champion Manager at The Education Training Foundation, shares her thoughts about making governance more inclusive in further education over on our blog. Catch up here: www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...

Our latest podcast episode is hosted by Oliver Newton with guests Nick Newman and Beryl Henshaw discussing National Work Experience month. Listen here: www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...

Arianna Abdul-Nour, Sustainable Development Manager at Island Innovation recently co-hosted the Showcase of Innovative Island Education webinar. Whether you're looking for fresh ideas, practical strategies, or inspiration from similar contexts,... 👇

Here we go with the top 100 apprenticeship employers and the top 50 SME apprenticeship employers 2026, compiled by the UK Government and Higherin (Previously RMP Enterprise) Is your organisation on the list? www.top-apprenticeshipemployers.co.uk/about-us #ApprenticeshipsWork

#ApprenticeshipsWork is a bold national effort designed to encourage more small businesses to take on apprentices. The campaign tackles the core barriers holding SMEs back. With a coalition of partners ranging from industry leaders to sector associations,... 👇

This timely article by Edge CEO, Alice Gardner explores what a Burnham Government could mean for technical education, apprenticeships and tackling the NEETs crisis. It draws on Edge's research to argue that better careers guidance, stronger employer engagement,... 👇

👉 Join the FE Collective livestream on Tuesday 21st July where we will unpack our summary report based on the session we convened on NEETs in June. Join Gavin O'Meara, Oliver Newton, Baz Ramaiah and Roman Dibden ⬇️ www.linkedin.com/events/break...

July is National Work Experience month, which aims to improve the quality and frequency of meaningful Work Experience programmes for learners across the UK. Our latest podcast hosted by Oliver Newton with guests Nick Newman & Beryl Henshaw looks at what's coming up... www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...

Over the next few months, the Government will roll out an expanded grants and incentive package for employers taking on apprentices, particularly in SMEs. These incentives are a cornerstone of the Government’s youth employment package,...

To many children, climate education can feel abstract. They often learn about global challenges – rising sea levels, plastic pollution or renewable energy transition – as distant problems requiring distant solutions. 👇

Dr Susan McGrath from UP2UNI writes on BTECH in the latest Learning From The Past series. This paper has a strong relationship with our V Level work and the proposed level 3 reforms. www.edge.co.uk/research/lea...

Filming recently took place for a new series of short films from Edge, out this summer. A follow-up to “What’s next?”, our essay series last year, we’ll discover what really happened to five young people post-16. Watch this space. 👀

Applications for the Association of Colleges Beacon Awards 2026/27 are open. The awards celebrate and showcase best practice and innovation and highlight excellence in the sector. Apply now: www.aoc.co.uk/awards/beaco... #AoCBeacons #LoveOurColleges

New article in @fenews.bsky.social from our CEO Alice Gardner. Read Burnham in Number 10: A New Dawn For Education and Skills? here: www.fenews.co.uk/exclusive/bu...

The Policy Network brings together policy leads and practitioners from a range of educational institutions. The network meets regularly to hear from senior policymakers in the education& skills sector, discuss topical news, & share ideas for reform. www.edge.co.uk/policy/join-...

Since its launch just over a year ago, our popular series What's in a Word? has explored how the language of education is never neutral, but a series of choices that shape policy decisions, perceptions, and how practice operates. 👇

In our latest Insights from the Edge podcast Olly chats with Beryl Henshaw, Managing Director, B&E Together Ltd and Nick Newman, Founder & CEO, National Careers Week, as they discuss the importance of work experience for young people, the challenges faced by employers,... 👇

Dawn Werra Project Coordinator at the The Lancashire Skills and Employment Hub, works closely with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as they navigate the apprenticeship system often for the first time. 👇

In our latest article for the #ApprenticeshipsWork campaign, Michelle Downer, Prisoner Apprenticeship Lead at HMPPS shares how some prisoners can take up an apprenticeship while still serving their sentence, with training taking place inside the prison & employment on day release with an employer. 👇

July is National Work Experience month. This initiative is a celebratory collaboration of leading organisations, aiming to improve the quality and frequency of meaningful Work Experience and virtual Work Experience programmes for learners across the UK. Something that we at Edge fully support. 👇

July is National Work Experience month, which aims to improve the quality and frequency of meaningful Work Experience programmes for learners across the UK. Listen to our latest podcast about Work Experience month: www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...

🗣️ Call out for contributors We are inviting suggestions for future posts in our popular What’s in a Word series for autumn 2026. We welcome proposals from researchers, practitioners, policymakers and others. Get involved: www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...

🗣️ Call out for contributors We are inviting suggestions for future posts in our popular What’s in a Word series for autumn 2026. We welcome proposals from researchers, practitioners, policymakers and others. Get involved: www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...

We look at the cultural, economic, and systemic barriers young people from low-income backgrounds face in terms of academic achievement, read more on our blog from Edge CEO Alice Gardner - www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...

Applications for the @aoc-info.bsky.social Beacon Awards 2026/27 are open! The awards celebrate and showcase best practice and innovation and highlight excellence in the sector. Apply now: www.aoc.co.uk/awards/beaco... #AoCBeacons #LoveOurColleges

See It Be It in Sheffield brings together educators, employers and local authorities to collaborate on high-quality careers education. Read more about why Sheffield Council's education-employer brokerage model is being replicated nationwide 👇

Our #EmpSkills26 convention is kicking off in Manchester! 🐝 Thank you to all our speakers and our sponsors @maxuknews.bsky.social @edgeuk.bsky.social @ingeusuk.bsky.social Youth Futures Foundation and City & Guilds for supporting the event. Head over to LinkedIn to see our updates through the day!

We are delighted to be sponsoring SME of the Year Award at the GM Skills Awards taking place this evening. The SME of the Year Award celebrates small and medium-sized enterprises that show outstanding commitment to skills development and employee training.

July is National Work Experience month, which aims to improve the quality and frequency of meaningful Work Experience programmes for learners across the UK. Our latest podcast hosted by Oliver Newton with guests Nick Newman and Beryl Henshaw looks at what's coming up www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...

The Island Education Network brings together colleagues leading education transformation on islands around the British Isles and in British Overseas Territories. Members include Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, the Western Isles of Scotland, the Orkneys, the Shetlands, Virgin Islands,... 👇

Over the next few months, the Government will roll out an expanded grants and incentive package for employers taking on apprentices, particularly in SMEs. These incentives are a cornerstone of the Government’s youth employment package, announced earlier this year,... 👇

Last week Edge Chief Executive Alice Gardner & Senior Policy Advisor James Gordon met with the Minister for Skills, Baroness Smith. They updated the minister on Edge's #ApprenticeshipsWork and Small Business Summer campaigns. Also discussed were the barriers to SMEs delivering apprenticeships... 👇

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We’re delighted to be working with Amazing Apprenticeships as they lead this phase of the campaign. Small Business Summer is the natural progression for #ApprenticeshipsWork, and we’re aiming to make a meaningful impact for young people and small businesses across local communities. 👇

Research at Damar Training, conducted in partnership with Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, reveals that the majority of small and medium-sized businesses actually recognise the value apprenticeships can bring. 👇