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A pair of shoes taught me more about NEETs than any policy paper

Joe Crossley

Joe Crossley

4d | Skills reform
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Jobs we dismiss are often the ones that shape us

Luqman Ahmed

4d | The Staffroom - opinion
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Employer sign-off on behaviours is a chance to strengthen apprenticeships

Leanne Poole

4d | Apprenticeships
Leanne Poole
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Burnham’s devolution agenda could transform the youth guarantee

Laura-Jane Rawlings

4d | Skills reform
Laura-Jane Rawlings
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Reform funding bands, but don’t sacrifice transparency

Sam Callear

4d | Apprenticeships
Sam Callear
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Manufacturing SMEs are being squeezed out of apprenticeships

Cathryn Moses-Stone

4d | Skills reform
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The future is hands-on: the labour market is finally catching up with FE

Alex McCann

4d | Careers

Burnham’s speech: Groundhog Day rhetoric, Manchesterism in practice

John Cope

7d | Politics

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Education has lost the confidence of too many white working class families

David Hughes

7d | Colleges
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The problem with EDI-deology in education

Alun Francis

1w | Inclusion
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We need clear boundaries around parental access to learner data

Jess Pembroke

1w | Colleges
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T Levels are helping build NHS workforce pipeline

Richard Griffin

1w | Skills reform
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Three things Andy Burnham must do for colleges first

James Kewin

1w | Colleges
James Kewin
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Movement is helping my traumatised ESOL students to engage

Jane Botros

1w | Adult education
Jane Botros

Ministerial churn is the biggest threat to SEND reform

Ben Bastin

1w | Politics
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Skills England has exposed a social care timebomb

Iain Salisbury

2w | Apprenticeships
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Inclusion 2.0: New funding, new responsibility

Chris Quickfall

2w | Inclusion
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Social media bans are no substitute for digital safeguarding

Tim Levy

2w | Students

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‘Bradford’s proper sexy’: The honey badger who transformed a college

1w | Colleges
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What would Andy Burnham in Number 10 mean for FE?

2w | Politics
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Giving his students a virtual reality check

3w | Colleges
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‘We need to expect the unexpected’: Colleges brace for energy emergencies

4 Jun 2026 | Colleges
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Principal sums: 97 college chiefs now on £200k-plus packages
4 Jun 2026 | Colleges
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Day in the life: The community campus lead peddling a virtuous cycle for students
21 May 2026 | Colleges
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Inside the booming business of high-tech exam cheating
14 May 2026 | Assessment
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Bringing good housekeeping to City Lit
7 May 2026 | Adult education