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 learning happens
When CAMHS fails, the classroom becomes the front line Teachers are being expected to manage the consequences of untreated mental illness, while the services meant to help quietly collapse under demand
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 thousands of opportunities for young people
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 stability most
‘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 inadequate government funding. It’s a situation that is ultimately worsening the country’s NEET crisis, sector leaders tell Jessica Hill
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 increasingly out of step with reality
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 make failure almost inevitable
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 people actually learn
Engineering’s entry point is disappearing A sharp fall in entry-level apprenticeships risks cutting off access to engineering careers before they even begin