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12 May 2026

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Don’t get dragged into the ‘inclusion’ trap

Peter Nelson

Peter Nelson

4d | Inclusion
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Why I ditched presentations for paper and scissors

Jane Botros

4d | Teaching
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Don’t shy away from talking to students about global conflict

Eddie Playfair

4d | Students
Eddie Playfair
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AI is already giving careers advice – we’re playing catch-up

Alfie Pearce-Higgins

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Alfie Pearce-Higgins
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Social impact must be built into the business of skills

Byron Nicolaides

4d | Awarding
Byron Nicolaides
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AI can help learners think like examiners, if we use it properly

Martina Ayokunle

1w | Teaching
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Creativity and collaboration helped us secure local T Level industry placements

Richard Hanke-HillChloe Norman

1w | Young people
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The gender gap in engineering starts at home

Dr Benjamin Silverstone

1w | Apprenticeships

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Colleges are losing learners before they even enrol

Stefan Parker

1w | Students
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This isn’t just a funding gap, it’s a planning crisis

Dr Nichole Munro

1w | Colleges
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Apprenticeship reform is squeezing the very SMEs it needs most

Simon Ashworth

2w | Apprenticeships
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When CAMHS fails, the classroom becomes the front line

David Murray

2w | The Staffroom - opinion

Vocational reform will only work if people trust it

Catherine Large

2w | Skills reform
Catherine Large
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AI translation tools are reshaping ESOL, but not for the better

Dr Nafisa Baba-Ahmed

2w | Teaching
Dr Nafisa Baba-Ahmed
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NEET rise raises the stakes for qualification reform

Julie Hyde

2w | Skills reform
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Manufacturing has moved on, and so has our training

Martin Jenkins

2w | Training Providers
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Learning doesn’t fit neatly into hours, so why do we force it to?

Matthew Reynolds

3w | Teaching
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We don’t need new apprenticeship metrics, we need to use the ones we have

Harry Hobbs

3w | Apprenticeships

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Local government needs powers to tackle ‘fragmented’ post-16 system – report

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Bringing good housekeeping to City Lit

4d | Adult education
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Green skills gold rush leaves safety and quality fears simmering

1w | Skills reform