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Our college is building its own AI tools instead of relying on third parties

Chris Loveday

Chris Loveday

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Rural colleges are the missing piece of the industrial strategy

Jason Turton

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Foundation apprenticeships can bridge the gap too many young people fall through

Jennifer Perry

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Jennifer Perry
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No need to dilute T Level placements – just fund them properly

Sian Conway-Wood

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Sian Conway-Wood
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How I helped shape Reform’s plan to get England taking on apprentices

Kevin Byrne

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Kevin Byrne
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Transition support matters more than ever in college-based HE

Matt O’Leary

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College campus safety starts long before an incident occurs

Gill Worgan

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The real exam crisis happened after the papers were sat

A 'principled examiner' of GCSE English Language 2.0 (1EN2) papers

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Why we need to count homeless college students

Greg Hurst

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We need joined-up skills system supporting people from classroom to career

Shevaun Haviland

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The people who assess our skills have no professional home

Steve Kirk

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For technical education to succeed, creativity can’t be an afterthought

Kate Tague

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SEND reforms will only succeed if colleges change too

Lee Lister

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Lee Lister
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Australia, Canada, and a lesson for England’s 14-16 routes

Nicola Hall

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Nicola Hall
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Four lessons from six years as an FE college chair

Adam Goldstein

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It’s time to stop the madness of GCSE resits for all

James Scott

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Technical education needs time to succeed

Dan Green

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Let’s not leave ESOL to chance

Diana Sutton

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Inside Reform’s MAGA movement to make apprenticeships great again

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‘SEND more to FE’ policy risks a raft of problems

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Ofsted report cards: What have nine months taught us?

2w | Ofsted
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SWAP job outcomes hit lowest rate as starts surge

30 Jul 2026 | Adult education
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Meet the Greater Manchester mayoral hopefuls: what have they said about FE and skills?
29 Jul 2026 | Politics
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FE leaders drop their requests into Burnham’s in-tray
23 Jul 2026 | Politics
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Waite and see… Get Further boss and her insights on Powell and Milburn
23 Jul 2026 | Colleges
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Trethewey guides AQA into the vocational skills landscape
9 Jul 2026 | Long read