Podcasts

Episode 6

What is meaningful modern work experience? How do we re-imagine work experience for the 2020s? Edge Executive Director Olly Newton is joined by John Yarham, The Careers & Enterprise Company and Chris Mayne, Electech Innovation Cluster.

Episode 5

This episode is hosted by Dr Andrea Laczik, Director of Research at Edge Foundation, with Søren Kristensen, Researcher Techne, Denmark, and Salvador Sala, Head of the European Space for Citizenship Education Unit, Council of Europe, France.

Episode 4

Ahead of "Breaking Barriers" a collective event from FE News in partnership with Edge Foundation, this episode looks at what we can learn from the day to day experiences of young people not in employment, education or training. With Hannah Barnett, Nicolette Campbell and Olly Newton.

Episode 3

In this episode we reflect on the Government’s approach to V Levels, announced earlier this week. Host Sorah Gluck, Edge Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager, is joined by guests Noni Csogor from the Sixth Form Colleges Association and Paul Steer from OCR.

Episode 2.

It’s National Apprenticeship Week, so we’re shining a light on apprenticeships in SMEs in line with our Apprenticeships Work campaign. We're joined by Anna Morrison CBE, founder and director of Amazing Apprenticeships and Christa Bridges who's just completed an apprenticeship at Pebblepad, a software SME.

Episode 1

A forward look at what's on the way for skills and FE in 2026 hosted by Sorah Gluck, Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager at Edge, with LJ Rawlings, CEO of Youth Employment UK, and Ben Rowland, CEO of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers. (AELP)