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Why we’re bringing employers into education earlier

Laraine Moody

Laraine Moody

3h | Colleges
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More apprenticeships mean little if young people can’t complete them

Billy Huband-Thompson

3h | Apprenticeships
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Colleges must help shape devolution, not simply adapt to it

David Hughes

3h | Skills reform
David Hughes
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A murder trial changed my career – and how I see education

Lisa Stubbs

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Lisa Stubbs
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Teaching English is the easiest part of my job

Jane Botros

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Jane Botros
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Don’t let the pursuit of rigour undermine vocational reform

Richard Harry

3h | Skills reform

The learning age never ended. The funding just dried up

Stephen Evans

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No plumbers, no homes: The skills crisis threatening Britain’s building ambitions

Chris Claydon

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Misogyny is changing our classrooms – and colleges need help

Peter Ejedewe

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Getting young people into jobs is only half the battle

Petra Wilton

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Fewer classes, fewer teachers, more time behind cell doors

Cassie Edmiston

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V Levels must earn trust A Levels built over generations

Andrew Parkin

7d | Assessment

Little for FE in the budget, but the hard choices are coming

Imran Tahir

7d | Politics
Imran Tahir

Devolution must not treat London as the place that copes

Rob West

7d | Adult education
Rob West

Colleges, don’t wait for all the answers on qualification reform

Shelley Brown

1w | Colleges

Defining antisemitism won’t silence debate on Israel

Josh MacAlister

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FE can help turn the tap on for nursing’s leaky pipeline

Ella Reynolds

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Our students need more than hope in a world on fire

Dr Ruth Valerio

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More apprenticeships mean little if young people can’t complete them

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Colleges must help shape devolution, not simply adapt to it

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What apprentices may lose in the great AI efficiency race

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T Level allocations fall for first time

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Movers & Shakers: Edition 558
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A murder trial changed my career – and how I see education
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Don’t let the pursuit of rigour undermine vocational reform
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Teaching English is the easiest part of my job
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