Building Ladders: Why The Levy Must Protect Routes That Open Doors
Working in early careers, I see every day what apprenticeships mean for young people, especially when university isn’t affordable, doesn’t fit how they learn or...
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ASRG’s inaugural whitepaper, ‘State of the Nation: Assessment Security at the Start of 2025’, explores the most urgent threats to assessment security, including contract cheating,…
In my previous article, I explained the New Zealand vocational education system prior to 2019, and the Reform of Vocational Education (RoVE) which took place…
The UK is facing a growing skills crisis, not due to a lack of ambition or talent, but because too few young people are leaving…
To build a stronger, fairer economy, we must start with people—by giving learners access to high-quality technical education that’s rooted in local opportunity. Institutes of…
The panel discussion I chaired on Growth, Skills and Place at the Lifelong Education Institute’s Annual Conference in April brought together a prominent Labour politician…
In January 2024, then Opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer, pledged that a Labour government would end the scandal of worsening child health. There would be…
As generative AI tools become embedded in education and training, we must stop asking if they replace thinking and start asking how they can sharpen…
The Cost of Pragmatism A sacrificial lamb is a symbolic offering, not necessarily the one most deserving of blame, but the one most politically or…
It has been over 8 months since we first heard the Government’s plan to remove funding for a large number of Level 7 apprenticeships. Since…
There’s lots happening in the world of further education and lifelong learning… as always. Skills England has been launched, the apprenticeship levy is being replaced…
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