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22 May 2026

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We want to end the snobbery around post-16 vocational routes

Jacqui Smith

Jacqui Smith

3h | Skills reform
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I found my voice through lifelong learning – others deserve the same chance

Ed Balls

3h | Adult education
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Making apprenticeships a recovery route is creating more productivity problems

Charlotte Bosworth

3h | Apprenticeships
Charlotte Bosworth

We can’t fix prison education without listening to its teachers

Tracy Littler

3h | Opinion
Tracy Littler
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Smaller steps could transform English and maths resits

Eddie Playfair

3h | Assessment
Eddie Playfair

Shakespeare for ESOL? It turns out it works

Esther Wilkey

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AI is a mirror. FE must decide what it reflects

Scott Hayden

7d | Teaching
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We can’t tackle NEET numbers without fixing 16-19 funding

Sarah Waite

7d | Young people

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V Levels won’t fix vocational education – T Levels didn’t

Amelia Clayton

7d | Young people
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LSIPs are closing the skills gap, but the system’s still out of sync

Hannah Larsen

7d | Skills reform

AI leadership apprenticeship units: right ambition, wrong delivery model

James Kelly

1w | Apprenticeships
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Don’t get dragged into the ‘inclusion’ trap

Peter Nelson

2w | Inclusion
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Why I ditched presentations for paper and scissors

Jane Botros

2w | Teaching
Jane Botros
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Don’t shy away from talking to students about global conflict

Eddie Playfair

2w | Students
Eddie Playfair
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AI is already giving careers advice – we’re playing catch-up

Alfie Pearce-Higgins

2w | Teaching
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Social impact must be built into the business of skills

Byron Nicolaides

2w | Awarding
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AI can help learners think like examiners, if we use it properly

Martina Ayokunle

3w | Teaching
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Creativity and collaboration helped us secure local T Level industry placements

Richard Hanke-HillChloe Norman

3w | Young people

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Worsening student data is positive sign for Burnley

3h | Colleges
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Mary Ward steps closer to Newham College merger

3h | Adult education
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Switch focus to national solutions on pay, UCU told

3h | FE workforce
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Day in the life: The community campus lead peddling a virtuous cycle for students

3h | Colleges
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I found my voice through lifelong learning – others deserve the same chance
3h | Adult education
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Making apprenticeships a recovery route is creating more productivity problems
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Smaller steps could transform English and maths resits
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Investigation

Inside the booming business of high-tech exam cheating
7d | Assessment