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3 July 2026

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

Joe Crossley

Joe Crossley

4h | Skills reform
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Jobs we dismiss are often the ones that shape us

Luqman Ahmed

4h | The Staffroom - opinion
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Employer sign-off on behaviours is a chance to strengthen apprenticeships

Leanne Poole

4h | Apprenticeships
Leanne Poole
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Burnham’s devolution agenda could transform the youth guarantee

Laura-Jane Rawlings

4h | Skills reform
Laura-Jane Rawlings
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Reform funding bands, but don’t sacrifice transparency

Sam Callear

4h | Apprenticeships
Sam Callear
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Manufacturing SMEs are being squeezed out of apprenticeships

Cathryn Moses-Stone

4h | Skills reform
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The future is hands-on: the labour market is finally catching up with FE

Alex McCann

4h | Careers

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

John Cope

3d | Politics

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

David Hughes

3d | Colleges
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The problem with EDI-deology in education

Alun Francis

7d | Inclusion
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We need clear boundaries around parental access to learner data

Jess Pembroke

7d | Colleges
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T Levels are helping build NHS workforce pipeline

Richard Griffin

7d | Skills reform
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Three things Andy Burnham must do for colleges first

James Kewin

7d | Colleges
James Kewin
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Movement is helping my traumatised ESOL students to engage

Jane Botros

7d | Adult education
Jane Botros

Ministerial churn is the biggest threat to SEND reform

Ben Bastin

1w | Politics
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Skills England has exposed a social care timebomb

Iain Salisbury

2w | Apprenticeships
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Inclusion 2.0: New funding, new responsibility

Chris Quickfall

2w | Inclusion
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Social media bans are no substitute for digital safeguarding

Tim Levy

2w | Students

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‘Gold-standard’ T Levels still rarely lead to top universities

4h | Young people
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A Knight in shining armour for back-to-work mums

4h | Adult education
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Colleges favoured as ITPs get less for adult skills in Greater Manchester

4h | Adult education
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Jobs we dismiss are often the ones that shape us

4h | The Staffroom - opinion
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Employer sign-off on behaviours is a chance to strengthen apprenticeships
4h | Apprenticeships
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Burnham’s devolution agenda could transform the youth guarantee
4h | Skills reform
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A pair of shoes taught me more about NEETs than any policy paper
4h | Skills reform
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Manufacturing SMEs are being squeezed out of apprenticeships
4h | Skills reform