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18 April 2026

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Learning doesn’t fit neatly into hours, so why do we force it to?

Matthew Reynolds

Matthew Reynolds

1d | Teaching
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We don’t need new apprenticeship metrics, we need to use the ones we have

Harry Hobbs

1d | Apprenticeships
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For the first time in forever – fund SEND properly in colleges

Sharon Ryan

1d | Inclusion
Sharon Ryan
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Speaking and listening exams are failing Gen Z’s anxious learners, it’s time for a rethink

Pete Middleton

1d | The Staffroom - opinion
Pete Middleton
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Engineering’s entry point is disappearing

Dr Benjamin Silverstone

1d | Apprenticeships
Dr Benjamin Silverstone
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Providers aren’t failing by accident, they’re designed to fail

Joseph Aspinall

1d | Apprenticeships

I passed my exam, but the SEND system in FE failed me

Shahab Ahmad

2d | Inclusion

Access to HE can play a key role in driving social mobility

Kim Laughton

3d | Higher education

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Teenagers aren’t googling your organisation, they’re asking AI

Ruth Sparkes

4d | Young people

This ESOL review is a rare chance – let’s not waste it

Diana Sutton

5d | Skills reform

Funding boost for youth opportunity, but employers will lead the way

Nishi Mayor

1w | Apprenticeships

ChatGPT will never know enough for marking educational assessments

Dr Rajeshwari Iyer

1w | Assessment

The cost of leadership

Baroness Ann Limb

1w | Opinion
Baroness Ann Limb

Why FE colleges should say yes to research

Kathryn Davies

1w | Teaching
Kathryn Davies

You can’t climb a jobs ladder without the rungs

Luiza Paludo Gomes

1w | Apprenticeships

Ofsted’s five-day rule is only the beginning

Kerry Boffey

1w | Ofsted

Colleges are losing students in the system

Antony Wambua

2w | Colleges

Colleges could pay teachers more but are choosing not to

Ian Pryce

2w | FE workforce

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‘Heartbreaking’: How colleges are forced to turn away students as demand outstrips space

1d | Colleges
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Death sentence for jails’ work-programme expansion

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Don’t scrap industry-prized diploma, pleads BRIT School boss

1d | Colleges
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Movers & Shakers: Edition 529

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Speaking and listening exams are failing Gen Z’s anxious learners, it’s time for a rethink
1d | The Staffroom - opinion
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Providers aren’t failing by accident, they’re designed to fail
1d | Apprenticeships
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Learning doesn’t fit neatly into hours, so why do we force it to?
1d | Teaching
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Engineering’s entry point is disappearing
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