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30 June 2026

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

John Cope

John Cope

11h | Politics

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

David Hughes

19h | Colleges
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The problem with EDI-deology in education

Alun Francis

4d | Inclusion
Alun Francis
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We need clear boundaries around parental access to learner data

Jess Pembroke

4d | Colleges
Jess Pembroke
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T Levels are helping build NHS workforce pipeline

Richard Griffin

4d | Skills reform
Richard Griffin
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Three things Andy Burnham must do for colleges first

James Kewin

4d | Colleges
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Movement is helping my traumatised ESOL students to engage

Jane Botros

4d | Adult education

Ministerial churn is the biggest threat to SEND reform

Ben Bastin

5d | Politics

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Skills England has exposed a social care timebomb

Iain Salisbury

1w | Apprenticeships
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Inclusion 2.0: New funding, new responsibility

Chris Quickfall

1w | Inclusion
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Social media bans are no substitute for digital safeguarding

Tim Levy

1w | Students
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If integration matters, why isn’t ESOL properly funded?

Nusrat Hathiari

1w | Teaching
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Esports taught us the real lesson about curriculum innovation

Dawn Buttle

1w | The Staffroom - opinion
Dawn Buttle
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‘Exceptional’ standards should be an achievable goal for providers

Kerry Boffey

1w | Ofsted
Kerry Boffey
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The professionalisation of cheating should alarm every awarding body

Niamh Pierce

2w | Assessment
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The UK has a commercialisation problem, not just a skills problem

Rob Marklove

2w | Skills reform
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Multiply programme showed us what works in adult numeracy

Alex Stevenson

2w | Adult education
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In defence of messy whiteboards

David Murray

2w | The Staffroom - opinion

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

4d | Colleges
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What would Andy Burnham in Number 10 mean for FE?

1w | Politics
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Giving his students a virtual reality check

2w | Colleges
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‘We need to expect the unexpected’: Colleges brace for energy emergencies

3w | Colleges
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Principal sums: 97 college chiefs now on £200k-plus packages
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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