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AI can help learners think like examiners, if we use it properly

Martina Ayokunle

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6h | Teaching
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Creativity and collaboration helped us secure local T Level industry placements

Richard Hanke-HillChloe Norman

6h | Young people
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The gender gap in engineering starts at home

Dr Benjamin Silverstone

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Dr Benjamin Silverstone
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Colleges are losing learners before they even enrol

Stefan Parker

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Stefan Parker
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This isn’t just a funding gap, it’s a planning crisis

Dr Nichole Munro

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Dr Nichole Munro
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Apprenticeship reform is squeezing the very SMEs it needs most

Simon Ashworth

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When CAMHS fails, the classroom becomes the front line

David Murray

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Vocational reform will only work if people trust it

Catherine Large

7d | Skills reform

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AI translation tools are reshaping ESOL, but not for the better

Dr Nafisa Baba-Ahmed

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NEET rise raises the stakes for qualification reform

Julie Hyde

7d | Skills reform
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Manufacturing has moved on, and so has our training

Martin Jenkins

7d | Training Providers
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Learning doesn’t fit neatly into hours, so why do we force it to?

Matthew Reynolds

2w | Teaching
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We don’t need new apprenticeship metrics, we need to use the ones we have

Harry Hobbs

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Harry Hobbs
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For the first time in forever – fund SEND properly in colleges

Sharon Ryan

2w | 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

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Engineering’s entry point is disappearing

Dr Benjamin Silverstone

2w | Apprenticeships
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Providers aren’t failing by accident, they’re designed to fail

Joseph Aspinall

2w | Apprenticeships

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

Shahab Ahmad

2w | Inclusion

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Green skills gold rush leaves safety and quality fears simmering

6h | Skills reform
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Signs of weakness among units’ ‘strong’ providers

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Seeking more than a sticking plaster for hospitalised teens

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Insolvency experts probe Acacia deal

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Movers & Shakers: Edition 531
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The gender gap in engineering starts at home
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This isn’t just a funding gap, it’s a planning crisis
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Creativity and collaboration helped us secure local T Level industry placements
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