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18 May 2026

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Jessica Hill

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AI is already giving careers advice – we’re playing catch-up

Young people are turning to chatbots in huge numbers, but the system meant to guide them is struggling to ...

Alfie Pearce-Higgins

1w | Teaching
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Don’t shy away from talking to students about global conflict

War is no longer distant background noise – it is in our classrooms, shaping how students feel. Colleges ...

Eddie Playfair

1w | Students
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Green skills gold rush leaves safety and quality fears simmering

Behind the hype of green energy jobs lies ‘useless’ online training, policy confusion, unused college ...

Jessica Hill

2w | Skills reform
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The gender gap in engineering starts at home

Girls are less likely to hear about engineering apprenticeships beyond the classroom, and that’s shaping ...

Dr Benjamin Silverstone

2w | Apprenticeships
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This isn’t just a funding gap, it’s a planning crisis

A paltry increase in the 16-19 funding rate has exposed the growing gap between government ambition and ...

Dr Nichole Munro

2w | Colleges
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Creativity and collaboration helped us secure local T Level industry placements

T Level placements may be harder to secure outside major cities, but with creativity, collaboration and ...

Richard Hanke-HillChloe Norman

2w | Young people
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Colleges are losing learners before they even enrol

Colleges invest heavily in recruitment, but slow, outdated enquiry systems are quietly driving prospective ...

Stefan Parker

2w | Students
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AI can help learners think like examiners, if we use it properly

Used carefully, AI could help T Level learners to see their work through an examiner’s eyes

Martina Ayokunle

2w | Teaching
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Vocational reform will only work if people trust it

New qualifications promise parity with A Levels – but we need to ensure high standards from the start

Catherine Large

3w | Skills reform
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From clawbacks to giving back: David Withey, SGS College

Comprehensive kid ‘who got lucky’ David Withey tells of his stellar civil service career and why he traded ...

Jessica Hill

3w | Colleges