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18 May 2026

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Shane Chowen

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News

Employers offered £3,000 sweeteners to hire unemployed young people

SMEs will also be able to claim £2,000 for taking on 16-24 year old apprentices

Shane Chowen

15 Mar 2026 | Young people
News

More detail to come on 16-19 funding, says Phillipson

Education secretary responds to outcry from college leaders after breaking white paper pledge of ...

Shane Chowen

13 Mar 2026 | Politics
Opinion

Old-school class snobbery will not solve the university funding crisis

Dismissing students with vocational entry qualifications as ‘not really capable of graduating’ is steeped ...

Hannah McCarthy

6 Mar 2026 | Higher education
News

DfE ‘unconcerned’ by post-16 transport cliff-edge

Weak data on SEND transport leaves ministers unable to assess impacts on attendance and rising NEET numbers

Shane Chowen

6 Mar 2026 | Inclusion
News

Student AI confessions prompted rethink, says Bauckham

Ofqual to assess awarding orgs' AI cheating policies while chief commits to 'no easy' V Levels

Shane Chowen

5 Mar 2026 | Awarding
Opinion

Nostalgia is not a strategy to navigate assessment evolution

Mark Carney’s catchphrase applies as much to apprenticeships as Western powers in the Trump era – we must ...

Steve Smith

1 Mar 2026 | Apprenticeships
Opinion

There is hope in SEND reform if we help steer what comes next

Imposing solutions designed for schools on colleges comes with risks, but there is time to get proposals ...

Clare Howard

24 Feb 2026 | Inclusion
News

DfE to fund maternity pay improvements in colleges

Funding to match a pledge to double school staff maternity pay to come in 2027

Shane Chowen

19 Feb 2026 | Colleges
News

Learner loan probe lands provider with £111k clawback

Lionheart in the Community has challenged the findings

Shane Chowen

16 Feb 2026 | Training Providers
Opinion

Apprentices don’t believe their voices are heard by ministers

Our AoA survey found 80 per cent of apprentices fear they are ignored - but if we want a system that ...

Hannah Mehr

13 Feb 2026 | Apprenticeships