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The skills sector should embrace Burnham’s politics of disruption

Rob May

Rob May

14h | skills policy
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Apprenticeship units must become an employer-led success

Jo Bishenden

14h | Apprenticeships
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Help us to save Britain’s lost boys

Peter Hyman

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Conversations about skills happen in echo chambers

Mark Cameron

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Mark Cameron
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FE has its power structure completely upside down

David Murray

14h | The Staffroom - opinion
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Specialist FE belongs in Burnham’s Britain

Clare Howard

4d | Inclusion
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To fix apprenticeships we must back employers, not just fund them

Charlotte Bosworth

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The career ladder is missing its first rung

Luke Bocock

7d | Careers

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AI might accelerate processes, but it can’t sit with ambiguity

Mitzi Danielson-Kaslik

7d | FE workforce
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Our new vocational model could shape future ESOL

Matt LuntRebecca Gooch

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Burnham could create a new dawn for further education and lifelong learning

Peter Scales

7d | Adult education

Hybrid assessment models are becoming essential for modern learners

Dr James Gupta

1w | Teaching
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Tutoring can help GCSE resit learners – but only if they turn up

Kathryn Davies

2w | Assessment
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England’s apprenticeship rethink should look across the Atlantic

Bruno V. Manno

2w | Apprenticeships
Bruno V. Manno
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AI’s biggest threat is to those trying to get their careers started

Dr Nikos Savvas

2w | Teaching
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System needs to catch up with young people’s growing appetite for technical education

John Yarham

2w | Careers
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FE has lost something primary schools get right

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2w | The Staffroom - opinion

Rushing qualification reform risks deepening NEET crisis

Tim Bennett-Hart

2w | Awarding

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Mystery as DfE misses summer accounts deadline

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FE leaders drop their requests into Burnham’s in-tray

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Auditor waves red flags over adult-skills subcontracting

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Waite and see… Get Further boss and her insights on Powell and Milburn

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The skills sector should embrace Burnham’s politics of disruption
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FE has its power structure completely upside down
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Help us to save Britain’s lost boys
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Conversations about skills happen in echo chambers
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