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Mapping the skills debate across the opposition benches
Thirty years after ‘education, education, education’: Where are we now? A look at how today’s parties are ...
12 Jan 2026
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For Skills England to succeed, the sector must lead
Skills England is already on borrowed time, because no quango survives the churn of Westminster. If the ...
2 Jan 2026
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Fewer share prosperity when UKSPF ends in March
Funding will be focused on mayors in the north, midlands and the most deprived communities
12 Dec 2025
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Eton gets go-ahead to develop 2 of 3 elite sixth forms
11 Dec 2025
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UTC among 28 of 44 free school proposals canned by DfE
11 Dec 2025
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Skills England launches beta version of skills classification tool
1 Dec 2025
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Skills classification tool to be fully rolled out next year
1 Dec 2025
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Officials hesitate over V Level licence model
27 Nov 2025
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We need to build a more inclusive future for the trades
30 Nov 2025
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It’s mayday for the skills sector under DWP
1 Dec 2025
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Our jobs market is changing faster than anyone expected – our skills system isn’t
26 Nov 2025
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24 Nov 2025
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Business backlash builds over ‘dumbed down’ apprenticeships
More employer groups gear up to fight assessment shake-up that 'risks damaging the brand and driving ...
21 Nov 2025
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FE isn’t built for sprinting, so don’t treat skills reform as a race
At the AoC Conference, one message came through loud and clear: FE can’t absorb another whirlwind ...
21 Nov 2025
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The skills system is broken because we keep fixing it in pieces
Employers aren’t walking away from training – they’re being driven off by complexity, cost and constant reform
22 Nov 2025
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LSIPs 2.0: Colleges and universities told to pool intelligence
18 Nov 2025
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New guidance builds on white paper pledge for ‘more coherent’ post-16 pathways
18 Nov 2025
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Fake cards, real risks: building sites need digital skills passports
17 Nov 2025
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We shouldn’t be relying on plastic CSCS cards to stop corruption and ensure safety when a secure digital ...
17 Nov 2025
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We need to deliver a new V Level vision for Level 3
13 Nov 2025
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16-19
Alan Milburn to lead ‘uncompromising’ review into rising NEETs
10 Nov 2025
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NEETs
Don’t knock pathways – they’re a front door to higher education
11 Nov 2025
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Higher education
Francis review prompts DfE shake-up of English and maths accountability measures
5 Nov 2025
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We’ll end qualification confusion and build confidence in FE
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New vocational courses will be the size of an A-level and replace existing alternatives to T Levels
19 Oct 2025
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English and maths
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17 Oct 2025
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23 Oct 2025
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Without a permanent, connected strategy linking education, skills and work, we’ll keep treating the ...
20 Oct 2025
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