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18 May 2026

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Jessica Hill

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Opinion

Manufacturing has moved on, and so has our training

Our hands-on Bootcamps rooted in real industry demand are transforming confidence, capability and career ...

Martin Jenkins

3w | Training Providers
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AI translation tools are reshaping ESOL, but not for the better

Translation tools promise fluency, but they’re stripping away the messy process where real language ...

Dr Nafisa Baba-Ahmed

3w | Teaching
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Opinion

When CAMHS fails, the classroom becomes the front line

Teachers are being expected to manage the consequences of untreated mental illness, while the services ...

David Murray

3w | The Staffroom - opinion
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Apprenticeship reform is squeezing the very SMEs it needs most

As costs rise and incentives disappear, “marginal levy payers” risk being pushed out — along with ...

Simon Ashworth

3w | Apprenticeships
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NEET rise raises the stakes for qualification reform

The pace and design of post-16 reform risk pushing more out of education at exactly the moment they need ...

Julie Hyde

3w | Skills reform
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‘Heartbreaking’: How colleges are forced to turn away students as demand outstrips space

While colleges try to swallow a spike in the teenage population, balance sheets are being weakened by ...

Jessica Hill

16 Apr 2026 | Colleges
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Speaking and listening exams are failing Gen Z’s anxious learners, it’s time for a rethink

As anxiety among young people rises, the speaking and listening element of English functional skills feels ...

Pete Middleton

16 Apr 2026 | The Staffroom - opinion
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Providers aren’t failing by accident, they’re designed to fail

Behind every collapse lies a deeper problem: organisational structures that separate quality from delivery ...

Joseph Aspinall

16 Apr 2026 | Apprenticeships
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Learning doesn’t fit neatly into hours, so why do we force it to?

Guided learning hours promise structure, but in reality they ignore the messy, individual nature of how ...

Matthew Reynolds

16 Apr 2026 | Teaching
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Engineering’s entry point is disappearing

A sharp fall in entry-level apprenticeships risks cutting off access to engineering careers before they ...

Dr Benjamin Silverstone

16 Apr 2026 | Apprenticeships