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Practitioners, leaders, researchers and advocates gathered in London to do something the sector urgently needed: not just name the problem, but co-design the route out...
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We must not let the government’s rationalisation of qualifications kick away the ladder of opportunity for learners The chair of the Federation of Awarding Bodies,…
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