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The chancellor must raise apprenticeship funding bands

Robert Halfon

Robert Halfon

4h | Skills reform

The AI jobs debate is missing the skilled trades

Sharon Hague

10h | Skills reform

Growth sectors need skills. Employer investment’s heading the wrong way

Anna Valero, LSE’s Centre for Economic PerformanceAadya Bahl, LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance

1d | Skills reform

We want medals, but WorldSkills is about much more

Marion Plant

3d | WorldSkills
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Hidden NEETs need help, not another college blame game

Claire Green

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Claire Green
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Ofsted, stop treating young apprentices like school pupils

Kerry Boffey

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Too much CPD in FE is simply performative

Caz Dolby

6d | Teaching
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You can’t understand FE from Whitehall alone

A former civil servant

6d | Politics

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English and maths pass rates only tell half the story

Jordan James

6d | Assessment

We’ll listen to FE so V Levels work for everyone

Jacqui Smith

6d | Skills reform

Like a Great British Bake Off on steroids

Anna Trethewey

6d | WorldSkills
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Our college is building its own AI tools instead of relying on third parties

Chris Loveday

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Rural colleges are the missing piece of the industrial strategy

Jason Turton

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Jason Turton
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Foundation apprenticeships can bridge the gap too many young people fall through

Jennifer Perry

1w | Apprenticeships
Jennifer Perry
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No need to dilute T Level placements – just fund them properly

Sian Conway-Wood

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How I helped shape Reform’s plan to get England taking on apprentices

Kevin Byrne

1w | Skills reform
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Transition support matters more than ever in college-based HE

Matt O’Leary

2w | Colleges
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College campus safety starts long before an incident occurs

Gill Worgan

2w | Students

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Levy under the lens with Milburn’s NEET review

6d | Apprenticeships
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New beginning for Norfolk FE’s local hero

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Inside Reform’s MAGA movement to make apprenticeships great again

1w | Politics
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‘SEND more to FE’ policy risks a raft of problems

2w | Inclusion
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Ofsted report cards: What have nine months taught us?
3w | Ofsted
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SWAP job outcomes hit lowest rate as starts surge
30 Jul 2026 | Adult education
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Meet the Greater Manchester mayoral hopefuls: what have they said about FE and skills?
29 Jul 2026 | Politics
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FE leaders drop their requests into Burnham’s in-tray
23 Jul 2026 | Politics