Edge Foundation
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.
- National Apprenticeships Week, start on Monday 9th February and we’ll be celebrating apprenticeships at SMEs with #ApprenticeshipsWork. SMEs represent 99% of UK businesses and 60% of total employment but their engagement in apprenticeships has been flagging in recent years...
- ...That’s often because of a perception that the process is too difficult or too expensive. Find out more here: www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve... #NAW2026
- 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...
- 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...
- Apprenticeships aren’t just for large corporations. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) offer unique, hands-on opportunities that allow apprentices to learn, grow, and make a real impact from day one. 👇
- Four Association of Apprentices members shared their experiences of learning and working in an SME 👇 www.edge.co.uk/apprenticesh... #ApprenticeshipsWork
- The Milburn Review must learn lessons from the past or risk repeating it, writes @sorahgluck.bsky.social in @fenews.bsky.social. Read the article here: www.fenews.co.uk/exclusive/th...
- Geoffrey Fowler Principal and CEO of London Design & Engineering University Technical College, recently wrote about 'The IndEX platform', which is about supporting stable, scalable and systematic employer engagement in schools. Read more here: www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
- Bold reviews only count if they learn from the past. As the Milburn Review gathers pace, @sorahgluck.bsky.social urges policymakers to move beyond short‑term fixes and fragmented reform—and face some hard truths about what has, and hasn’t, worked for young people. www.fenews.co.uk/exclusive/th...
- How can we promote greater democratic citizenship through vocational education and training? 👇
- Read more from Andrea Laczik, Tessa Eriksen Grevle and Simon Hawthorn, as part of a collection essays based on the chapters in Learning Democracy in Vocational Education and Training in Europe: An Anthology, published by the Council of Europe, October 2025. www.edge.co.uk/research/dem...
- Edge Senior Research @joshpatel.bsky.social has recently published a new book, "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 here: www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...
- National Apprenticeships Week is next week & we’ll be celebrating apprenticeships at SMEs with #ApprenticeshipsWork. SMEs represent 99% of UK businesses and 60% of total employment but their engagement in apprenticeships has been flagging in recent years. 👇
- Get involved: www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve... #NAW2026
