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Across the country, clean energy projects are falling behind schedule. Sometimes it’s planning disputes. Other times, it’s budget pressures. But the challenge that often goes...
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As AI adoption outpaces the systems meant to recognise it, the question for the sector is not how to teach AI, but how to certify...
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Picture this. A member of your teaching staff is three weeks into a formal performance improvement process. Observations have been graded as requiring improvement. You…
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This was my fifth AELP National Conference and it’s safe to say I’ve never experienced one quite like it. It was certainly the hottest, but…
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Andy Burnham hasn’t become Prime Minister yet. His speech at the People’s History Museum in Manchester this afternoon reads less like a leadership pitch and…
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As AI becomes embedded across education and training, leaders face a critical challenge: ensuring that efficiency gains do not erode emotional intelligence. Research suggests human…
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