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21 June 2026

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Skills England has exposed a social care timebomb

Iain Salisbury

Iain Salisbury

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

Chris Quickfall

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

Tim Levy

2d | Students
Tim Levy
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If integration matters, why isn’t ESOL properly funded?

Nusrat Hathiari

2d | Teaching
Nusrat Hathiari
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Esports taught us the real lesson about curriculum innovation

Dawn Buttle

2d | The Staffroom - opinion
Dawn Buttle
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‘Exceptional’ standards should be an achievable goal for providers

Kerry Boffey

4d | Ofsted
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The professionalisation of cheating should alarm every awarding body

Niamh Pierce

1w | Assessment
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The UK has a commercialisation problem, not just a skills problem

Rob Marklove

1w | Skills reform

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Multiply programme showed us what works in adult numeracy

Alex Stevenson

1w | Adult education
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In defence of messy whiteboards

David Murray

1w | The Staffroom - opinion
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Sussex ruling is a warning shot for the OfS – not the end of the free speech debate

Melanie CarterClare Wigzell

1w | Colleges
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The solutions to the NEET crisis will not be neat

Ben Rowland

1w | Skills reform
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This student artwork made me rethink burnout in today’s learners

Grace England

2w | The Staffroom - opinion
Grace England
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If belonging is real, your data won’t look pretty

Craig Duggan

2w | Inclusion
Craig Duggan
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Adult education institutions are being dismantled by stealth

Dr Sue Pember

2w | Adult education
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The Milburn review is a watershed moment for FE

James Scott

2w | Skills reform
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I want to open up property careers to the people currently shut out

Lara Newman

2w | Careers
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Defunding Access to HE will shut out the students who need it most

Fabienne Bailey

3w | Adult education

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What would Andy Burnham in Number 10 mean for FE?

1d | Politics
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Giving his students a virtual reality check

1w | Colleges
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‘We need to expect the unexpected’: Colleges brace for energy emergencies

2w | Colleges
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Principal sums: 97 college chiefs now on £200k-plus packages

2w | Colleges
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Day in the life: The community campus lead peddling a virtuous cycle for students
21 May 2026 | Colleges
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Inside the booming business of high-tech exam cheating
14 May 2026 | Assessment
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Bringing good housekeeping to City Lit
7 May 2026 | Adult education
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Green skills gold rush leaves safety and quality fears simmering
30 Apr 2026 | Skills reform