V Levels ambition will outrun reality unless we slow down The proposed post-16 landscape looks more coherent than ever after years of false starts, but providers need more clarity, flexibility and time
Poorer students miss out on a golden ticket. We can fix that The middle classes are dominating degree apprenticeships. There’s so much more we can all do to level the playing field
My son made me think differently on apprenticeship assessment Seeing my son’s daunting experience of assessment made me think differently about reform. Rigour matters, but so does common sense
There’s an easy way to stop some small firms shunning apprentices The government’s apprenticeship growth ambitions sound bold. But without serious engagement from the small and medium-sized employers who create the most jobs, their numbers simply won’t add up
Britain’s clean energy plans are racing ahead, its skills system is miles behind Billions are being invested in offshore wind, hydrogen and nuclear, but without a national clean energy skills ecosystem the UK risks bottlenecks, cost overruns and a historic missed chance to re-industrialise
Apprenticeships are heading for a cliff edge, and ministers should know where it leads Tilting levy funding towards younger learners may sound simple, but blunt cuts and cliff-edge defunding would choke off progression, hollow out providers and drive employers away
Kim Leadbeater MP Sport-mad MP Kim Leadbeater, who entered politics after the murder of her sister Jo Cox, tells Jessica Hill she hopes to draw from her career in further education to champion the sector
It’s madness to cut jail education as signs of improvement emerge Literacy programmes in prisons were just beginning to bear fruit, so how can reductions imposed by new teaching contracts make sense
As we embrace ‘efficient’ AI we risk adding more work on top Without structure and capacity, AI innovation will become another burden on teachers rather than a driver of better learning