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12 August 2026

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Young people aren’t work-ready because nobody owns the handover

Stephanie MacpeppleHarshani Samaradiwakara

5d | Young people
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What we’ve learned from six years delivering T Levels

Jess Barwell

5d | Young people

Personalisation is FE’s next evolution

Lisa Nelson

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Lisa Nelson
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We’ve taught technical education from 14 since 2017 – the curriculum was the easy part

Laurence Frewin

5d | Young people
Laurence Frewin
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Technical reform needs stability as much as ambition

Jeremy Benson

5d | Young people
Jeremy Benson
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Student recruitment needs strategy, not just more content

Richard Watts

6d | Students

We need to stop selling courses and start building skills ecosystems

Sammy Shummo

7d | Skills reform
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FE and skills sector needs to get serious about its own pedagogy

Dan Williams

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Technical education must become lifelong route to work

Mark Morrin

1w | Opinion
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ESOL is evolving, policy and funding must evolve with it

Phil Wilkinson

1w | Teaching
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Reform poses looming threat to ESOL we can’t ignore

Felix Norman

1w | Teaching
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V Levels aren’t the answer, and Burnham knows it

Andy Forbes

1w | Skills reform

Post-14 technical pathways could be transformational – but major questions remain

Claire Green

1w | Skills reform
Claire Green
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New technical pathways for 14-year-olds could build on UTC model

Kate Ambrosi

1w | Skills reform
Kate Ambrosi

Burnham – parity of esteem starts with pay, not pathways

Lou Doyle

2w | Skills reform

There’s a wall keeping jobless teenagers and employers apart

John Cope

2w | Young people
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The skills sector should embrace Burnham’s politics of disruption

Rob May

2w | Skills reform
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Apprenticeship units must become an employer-led success

Jo Bishenden

2w | Apprenticeships

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Government blocks Reform mayor’s residency rule change for adult education

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SWAP job outcomes hit lowest rate as starts surge

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Meet the Greater Manchester mayoral hopefuls: what have they said about FE and skills?

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FE leaders drop their requests into Burnham’s in-tray

2w | Politics
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Waite and see… Get Further boss and her insights on Powell and Milburn
2w | Colleges
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Trethewey guides AQA into the vocational skills landscape
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‘Bradford’s proper sexy’: The honey badger who transformed a college
25 Jun 2026 | Colleges
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What would Andy Burnham in Number 10 mean for FE?
19 Jun 2026 | Politics