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

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

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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

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College campus safety starts long before an incident occurs

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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

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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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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

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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

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Sixth-form fraudster banned from running schools

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Migration advisers get tough on pleas for foreign labour

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Inside Reform’s MAGA movement to make apprenticeships great again

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Movers & Shakers: Edition 550

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Our college is building its own AI tools instead of relying on third parties
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No need to dilute T Level placements – just fund them properly
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Rural colleges are the missing piece of the industrial strategy
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Foundation apprenticeships can bridge the gap too many young people fall through
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