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Tutoring can help GCSE resit learners – but only if they turn up

Kathryn Davies

Kathryn Davies

1h | Assessment
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England’s apprenticeship rethink should look across the Atlantic

Bruno V. Manno

1h | Apprenticeships
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AI’s biggest threat is to those trying to get their careers started

Dr Nikos Savvas

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Dr Nikos Savvas
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System needs to catch up with young people’s growing appetite for technical education

John Yarham

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John Yarham
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FE has lost something primary schools get right

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1h | The Staffroom - opinion
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Rushing qualification reform risks deepening NEET crisis

Tim Bennett-Hart

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A pair of shoes taught me more about NEETs than any policy paper

Joe Crossley

7d | Skills reform
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Jobs we dismiss are often the ones that shape us

Luqman Ahmed

7d | The Staffroom - opinion

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Employer sign-off on behaviours is a chance to strengthen apprenticeships

Leanne Poole

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Burnham’s devolution agenda could transform the youth guarantee

Laura-Jane Rawlings

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Reform funding bands, but don’t sacrifice transparency

Sam Callear

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Manufacturing SMEs are being squeezed out of apprenticeships

Cathryn Moses-Stone

7d | Skills reform
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The future is hands-on: the labour market is finally catching up with FE

Alex McCann

7d | Careers
Alex McCann

Burnham’s speech: Groundhog Day rhetoric, Manchesterism in practice

John Cope

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John Cope

Education has lost the confidence of too many white working class families

David Hughes

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The problem with EDI-deology in education

Alun Francis

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We need clear boundaries around parental access to learner data

Jess Pembroke

2w | Colleges
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T Levels are helping build NHS workforce pipeline

Richard Griffin

2w | Skills reform

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Colleges caught offside by rules on staff send-offs

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Construction’s risk-based assessment foundations to be copied across sectors

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Trethewey guides AQA into the vocational skills landscape

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England’s apprenticeship rethink should look across the Atlantic

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FE has lost something primary schools get right
1h | The Staffroom - opinion
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System needs to catch up with young people’s growing appetite for technical education
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Tutoring can help GCSE resit learners – but only if they turn up
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AI’s biggest threat is to those trying to get their careers started
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