Edge Foundation
@edgeuk.bsky.social
Edge is an independent foundation working to inspire education to give all young people across the UK the knowledge, skills and behaviours they need to flourish in their future life and work.
Project-based learning is widely known for helping young people develop broad-based, interdisciplinary life skills that complement their academic education.
The Extended Project Qualification: An Opportunity For All?
www.edge.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Project-based learning is widely known for helping young people develop broad-based, interdisciplinary life skills that complement their academic education.
Listen to the first of a new 20 minute podcast series from Edge. "Insights from the Edge".
The first episode is hosted by @sorahgluck.bsky.social with guests LJ Rawlings and Ben Rowland looking ahead to what's coming up in FE and Skills.
Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5Yjt...
The first episode is hosted by @sorahgluck.bsky.social with guests LJ Rawlings and Ben Rowland looking ahead to what's coming up in FE and Skills.
Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5Yjt...
FE & Skills in 2026 - A look ahead
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January 23, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Listen to the first of a new 20 minute podcast series from Edge. "Insights from the Edge".
The first episode is hosted by @sorahgluck.bsky.social with guests LJ Rawlings and Ben Rowland looking ahead to what's coming up in FE and Skills.
Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5Yjt...
The first episode is hosted by @sorahgluck.bsky.social with guests LJ Rawlings and Ben Rowland looking ahead to what's coming up in FE and Skills.
Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5Yjt...
Join us in February for a Deeper Learning UK Virtual Study Visit to Walsall College.
We will explore the work of the award-winning student-led Future Flames film production company based in the college.
For more details and to sign up for this free online event 👇
www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
We will explore the work of the award-winning student-led Future Flames film production company based in the college.
For more details and to sign up for this free online event 👇
www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
Deeper Learning UK Virtual Study Visit to Walsall College
www.edge.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Join us in February for a Deeper Learning UK Virtual Study Visit to Walsall College.
We will explore the work of the award-winning student-led Future Flames film production company based in the college.
For more details and to sign up for this free online event 👇
www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
We will explore the work of the award-winning student-led Future Flames film production company based in the college.
For more details and to sign up for this free online event 👇
www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
One Front Door to Skills in Liverpool
Access to skilled talent is critical for Liverpool City Region’s ambitions for innovation-led growth. With over 49,000 employers including around 400 levy-payers, it's relatively easy for SMEs to engage with apprenticeships - and keep investment in the region,
Access to skilled talent is critical for Liverpool City Region’s ambitions for innovation-led growth. With over 49,000 employers including around 400 levy-payers, it's relatively easy for SMEs to engage with apprenticeships - and keep investment in the region,
One Front Door to Skills in Liverpool.
www.edge.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 4:30 PM
One Front Door to Skills in Liverpool
Access to skilled talent is critical for Liverpool City Region’s ambitions for innovation-led growth. With over 49,000 employers including around 400 levy-payers, it's relatively easy for SMEs to engage with apprenticeships - and keep investment in the region,
Access to skilled talent is critical for Liverpool City Region’s ambitions for innovation-led growth. With over 49,000 employers including around 400 levy-payers, it's relatively easy for SMEs to engage with apprenticeships - and keep investment in the region,
Education for a Changing World - 13th March
A conference developed by Edge Foundation & Wellington School, Somerset. We will discuss not only how we can better prepare young people for the future but - perhaps more realistically - how we can inspire them to create it.
www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
A conference developed by Edge Foundation & Wellington School, Somerset. We will discuss not only how we can better prepare young people for the future but - perhaps more realistically - how we can inspire them to create it.
www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
Education for a Changing World
www.edge.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Education for a Changing World - 13th March
A conference developed by Edge Foundation & Wellington School, Somerset. We will discuss not only how we can better prepare young people for the future but - perhaps more realistically - how we can inspire them to create it.
www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
A conference developed by Edge Foundation & Wellington School, Somerset. We will discuss not only how we can better prepare young people for the future but - perhaps more realistically - how we can inspire them to create it.
www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
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Really excited for the book to be out in the world and looking forwards to hearing views and seeing what conversations it can help contribute to! 5/5
January 22, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Really excited for the book to be out in the world and looking forwards to hearing views and seeing what conversations it can help contribute to! 5/5
Reposted by Edge Foundation
A book launch will be hosted by SKOPE at the University of Oxford on Monday 2 March 2026. Further details and registration information are available here: skope.ox.ac.uk/event/book-l...
Book Launch: Universities and the Purpose of Higher Education: Expansion and Development in Post-War Britain – SKOPE
skope.ox.ac.uk
January 22, 2026 at 10:18 AM
A book launch will be hosted by SKOPE at the University of Oxford on Monday 2 March 2026. Further details and registration information are available here: skope.ox.ac.uk/event/book-l...
Reposted by Edge Foundation
Delighted to announce the launch of my book today 'Universities and the Purpose of Higher Education: Expansion and Development in Post-war Britain'! www.routledge.com/Universities... : a short thread: 1/5
Universities and the Purpose of Higher Education: Expansion and Development in Post-War Britain
This thought‑provoking book addresses the persistent anxieties surrounding the purpose and direction of higher education, offering a nuanced historical perspective on its transformation. Using Cold Wa...
www.routledge.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Delighted to announce the launch of my book today 'Universities and the Purpose of Higher Education: Expansion and Development in Post-war Britain'! www.routledge.com/Universities... : a short thread: 1/5
Edge Senior Researcher @joshpatel.bsky.social publishes a new book today, "Universities and the Purpose of Higher Education: Expansion and Development in Post-war Britain with Routledge and the @Society for Research in Higher Education" Find out more in his blog: www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
How we understand the purpose of education
www.edge.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Edge Senior Researcher @joshpatel.bsky.social publishes a new book today, "Universities and the Purpose of Higher Education: Expansion and Development in Post-war Britain with Routledge and the @Society for Research in Higher Education" Find out more in his blog: www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
The team at Skills England want to know what you think about upcoming changes to apprenticeship assessment, especially if you’re an SME.
What will make you more likely to hire an apprentice?
How should apprentice training work?
skillsengland.education.gov.uk/surveys/
Closes 25 January 2026
What will make you more likely to hire an apprentice?
How should apprentice training work?
skillsengland.education.gov.uk/surveys/
Closes 25 January 2026
Apprenticeship surveys
These surveys invite you to comment on in-development apprenticeship materials submitted by trailblazer groups.
skillsengland.education.gov.uk
January 22, 2026 at 9:20 AM
The team at Skills England want to know what you think about upcoming changes to apprenticeship assessment, especially if you’re an SME.
What will make you more likely to hire an apprentice?
How should apprentice training work?
skillsengland.education.gov.uk/surveys/
Closes 25 January 2026
What will make you more likely to hire an apprentice?
How should apprentice training work?
skillsengland.education.gov.uk/surveys/
Closes 25 January 2026
Earlier this month VocTech Activate opened for grant applications.
VocTech Activate is the test bed, where the first spark of an idea can be developed, tested and deployed in the supportive environment that Ufi funding provides.
For more details 👉 ufi.co.uk/activate
@ufitrust.bsky.social
VocTech Activate is the test bed, where the first spark of an idea can be developed, tested and deployed in the supportive environment that Ufi funding provides.
For more details 👉 ufi.co.uk/activate
@ufitrust.bsky.social
VocTech Activate Grant Fund | Ufi VocTech Trust
Grants of between £30,000 to £60,000 to support early-stage projects that use technology to address real-world problems in UK adult vocational learning.
ufi.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Earlier this month VocTech Activate opened for grant applications.
VocTech Activate is the test bed, where the first spark of an idea can be developed, tested and deployed in the supportive environment that Ufi funding provides.
For more details 👉 ufi.co.uk/activate
@ufitrust.bsky.social
VocTech Activate is the test bed, where the first spark of an idea can be developed, tested and deployed in the supportive environment that Ufi funding provides.
For more details 👉 ufi.co.uk/activate
@ufitrust.bsky.social
Last month, Edge Foundation and 28 business leaders and sector stakeholders who are partners in the #ApprenticeshipsWork campaign have signed and sent a letter to Pat McFadden MP, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to urge the Government to take decisive action to...
Apprenticeships Work campaign letter to Minister
www.edge.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Last month, Edge Foundation and 28 business leaders and sector stakeholders who are partners in the #ApprenticeshipsWork campaign have signed and sent a letter to Pat McFadden MP, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to urge the Government to take decisive action to...
In 2020, several small companies across Lancashire and Cumbria created the Electech Innovation Cluster, a network of 34 electronics SMEs and 44 associates.
Building skills through apprenticeships and collaboration
www.edge.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 4:13 PM
In 2020, several small companies across Lancashire and Cumbria created the Electech Innovation Cluster, a network of 34 electronics SMEs and 44 associates.
Our world is changing rapidly, expansively and in ways that are impossible to keep up with; we believe that if education stands still then the future will outrun it.
Join us and Wellington School in March for 'Education for a Changing World'. More details here:
www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
Join us and Wellington School in March for 'Education for a Changing World'. More details here:
www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
Education for a Changing World
www.edge.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Our world is changing rapidly, expansively and in ways that are impossible to keep up with; we believe that if education stands still then the future will outrun it.
Join us and Wellington School in March for 'Education for a Changing World'. More details here:
www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
Join us and Wellington School in March for 'Education for a Changing World'. More details here:
www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
Listen to the first of a podcast series from Edge. "Insights from the Edge".
The first episode is hosted by Sorah Gluck with guests LJ Rawlings and Ben Rowland looking ahead to what's coming up in FE and Skills.
Link for Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/5Yjt...
The first episode is hosted by Sorah Gluck with guests LJ Rawlings and Ben Rowland looking ahead to what's coming up in FE and Skills.
Link for Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/5Yjt...
FE & Skills in 2026 - A look ahead
open.spotify.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Listen to the first of a podcast series from Edge. "Insights from the Edge".
The first episode is hosted by Sorah Gluck with guests LJ Rawlings and Ben Rowland looking ahead to what's coming up in FE and Skills.
Link for Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/5Yjt...
The first episode is hosted by Sorah Gluck with guests LJ Rawlings and Ben Rowland looking ahead to what's coming up in FE and Skills.
Link for Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/5Yjt...
Edge Foundation has just published the latest in a series of essays written around the theme of democratic citizenship in Europe. "Learning Democracy in Vocational Education: What Teachers Need to Know and Be Able to Do" by Stefan Schmid-Heher & Jörg Markowitsch. www.edge.co.uk/research/dem...
Democratic citizenship in Europe
www.edge.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Edge Foundation has just published the latest in a series of essays written around the theme of democratic citizenship in Europe. "Learning Democracy in Vocational Education: What Teachers Need to Know and Be Able to Do" by Stefan Schmid-Heher & Jörg Markowitsch. www.edge.co.uk/research/dem...
Join us in February for a Deeper Learning UK Virtual Study Visit to Walsall College. We will explore the work of the award-winning student-led Future Flames film production company based in the college.
For more details and to sign up for this free online event 👇
www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
For more details and to sign up for this free online event 👇
www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
Deeper Learning UK Virtual Study Visit to Walsall College
www.edge.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Join us in February for a Deeper Learning UK Virtual Study Visit to Walsall College. We will explore the work of the award-winning student-led Future Flames film production company based in the college.
For more details and to sign up for this free online event 👇
www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
For more details and to sign up for this free online event 👇
www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
The final months of 2025 brought a flurry of government announcements across FE and skills, from the Post-16 White Paper and apprenticeship assessment reforms to a new review of young people not in education, employment, or training (NEETs).
January 19, 2026 at 12:42 PM
The final months of 2025 brought a flurry of government announcements across FE and skills, from the Post-16 White Paper and apprenticeship assessment reforms to a new review of young people not in education, employment, or training (NEETs).
English schools face a perfect storm: rising absenteeism, worsening mental health and growing SEND pressures. At the same time, recognition is growing that education must do more than deliver subject knowledge alone.
What can Waldorf Education teach us?
www.edge.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 9:32 AM
English schools face a perfect storm: rising absenteeism, worsening mental health and growing SEND pressures. At the same time, recognition is growing that education must do more than deliver subject knowledge alone.
Skills England want to know what you think about upcoming changes to apprenticeship assessment, particularly if you’re an SME. What will make you hire an apprentice? How should training work? Let Skills England know so they can help you… skillsengland.education.gov.uk/surveys/ Closes 25 January
Apprenticeship surveys
These surveys invite you to comment on in-development apprenticeship materials submitted by trailblazer groups.
skillsengland.education.gov.uk
January 16, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Skills England want to know what you think about upcoming changes to apprenticeship assessment, particularly if you’re an SME. What will make you hire an apprentice? How should training work? Let Skills England know so they can help you… skillsengland.education.gov.uk/surveys/ Closes 25 January
Apprenticeships are a fantastic option for employers to consider, whether recruiting a new member of staff, or thinking about upskilling an existing employee. Head to our website for more information and to get involved:
www.edge.co.uk/apprenticesh...
#ApprenticeshipsWork
www.edge.co.uk/apprenticesh...
#ApprenticeshipsWork
Get Involved
www.edge.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Apprenticeships are a fantastic option for employers to consider, whether recruiting a new member of staff, or thinking about upskilling an existing employee. Head to our website for more information and to get involved:
www.edge.co.uk/apprenticesh...
#ApprenticeshipsWork
www.edge.co.uk/apprenticesh...
#ApprenticeshipsWork
Join us in February for a Deeper Learning UK Virtual Study Visit to Walsall College.
We will explore the work of the award-winning student-led Future Flames film production company based in the college.
For more details and to sign up for this free online event 👇
www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
We will explore the work of the award-winning student-led Future Flames film production company based in the college.
For more details and to sign up for this free online event 👇
www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
Deeper Learning UK Virtual Study Visit to Walsall College
www.edge.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Join us in February for a Deeper Learning UK Virtual Study Visit to Walsall College.
We will explore the work of the award-winning student-led Future Flames film production company based in the college.
For more details and to sign up for this free online event 👇
www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
We will explore the work of the award-winning student-led Future Flames film production company based in the college.
For more details and to sign up for this free online event 👇
www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
Skills England want to know what you think about upcoming changes to apprenticeship assessment, especially if you’re an SME. What will make you more likely to hire an apprentice? How should training work? Let Skills England know so they can help you... skillsengland.education.gov.uk/surveys/
Apprenticeship surveys
These surveys invite you to comment on in-development apprenticeship materials submitted by trailblazer groups.
skillsengland.education.gov.uk
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Skills England want to know what you think about upcoming changes to apprenticeship assessment, especially if you’re an SME. What will make you more likely to hire an apprentice? How should training work? Let Skills England know so they can help you... skillsengland.education.gov.uk/surveys/
Beyond routine: the role of skills, education, and technology in middle-skill occupations research looks at middle occupations, jobs that occupy the centre of the distribution of occupations in terms of skills and income.
www.edge.co.uk/research/pro...
www.edge.co.uk/research/pro...
Beyond routine: the role of skills, education, and technology in middle-skill occupations
www.edge.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Beyond routine: the role of skills, education, and technology in middle-skill occupations research looks at middle occupations, jobs that occupy the centre of the distribution of occupations in terms of skills and income.
www.edge.co.uk/research/pro...
www.edge.co.uk/research/pro...
Our seventeenth Skills Shortage Bulletin considers the changing nature of UK skills shortages, the limitations of the system in addressing these changes, and the impact on the group most vulnerable to labour market instability – young people.
January 14, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Our seventeenth Skills Shortage Bulletin considers the changing nature of UK skills shortages, the limitations of the system in addressing these changes, and the impact on the group most vulnerable to labour market instability – young people.