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4 November 2026

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The learning age never ended. The funding just dried up

Stephen Evans

Stephen Evans

1d | Adult education
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No plumbers, no homes: The skills crisis threatening Britain’s building ambitions

Chris Claydon

6d | Apprenticeships
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Misogyny is changing our classrooms – and colleges need help

Peter Ejedewe

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Peter Ejedewe
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Getting young people into jobs is only half the battle

Petra Wilton

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Petra Wilton
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Fewer classes, fewer teachers, more time behind cell doors

Cassie Edmiston

6d | Prison education
Cassie Edmiston
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V Levels must earn trust A Levels built over generations

Andrew Parkin

6d | Assessment

Little for FE in the budget, but the hard choices are coming

Imran Tahir

6d | Politics

Devolution must not treat London as the place that copes

Rob West

6d | Adult education

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Colleges, don’t wait for all the answers on qualification reform

Shelley Brown

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Defining antisemitism won’t silence debate on Israel

Josh MacAlister

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FE can help turn the tap on for nursing’s leaky pipeline

Ella Reynolds

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Our students need more than hope in a world on fire

Dr Ruth Valerio

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The overlooked question in the NEETs debate: Who will hire them?

Emily Rock

1w | Skills reform
Emily Rock
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What I learned in my first 42 days as an FE lecturer

An FE college lecturer

1w | FE workforce
An FE college lecturer
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Don’t ban AI in FE classrooms, teach students how to use it

Dr Behrooz Javanmard

1w | The Staffroom - opinion

The tech sector is growing. Its entry-level opportunities aren’t

James Turner

2w | Apprenticeships

What Alan Milburn and I learned from the Dutch

David Hughes

2w | Colleges
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You can deliver a pizza. You don’t deliver learning

Lauran Kerr-Heraly

2w | Teaching

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Can Kaynat Ahmad give FE students their voice back?

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Sharing the story of their lives, from the frontline of FE

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The Tory mayor confronting a postcode lottery in opportunity

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Dale’s mission to ride a zipline of happiness

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Bickering big beasts’ sideshow is Tory skills highlight
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The stop-starts pressures on college apprenticeships
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Levy under the lens with Milburn’s NEET review
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New beginning for Norfolk FE’s local hero
17 Sep 2026 | Colleges