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How to Ask Well: A Practical Guide for Leaders in FE

By Nathan Whitbread

How to Ask Well is emerging as a critical leadership competency across Further Education. As FE teams navigate heavy workloads, pressure to deliver outcomes, and...

New Zealand’s Vocational Education System: New Zealand’s Tertiary Education Strategy 2025-2030

By Stuart Martin

On 2 December 2025, Ministers Shane Reti and Penny Simmonds released New Zealand's new Tertiary Education Strategy for 2025-2030. In this fourth article in my...

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Apprenticeship Governing Boards: What does 2026 hold?

By Strategic Development Network (SDN)

Apprenticeship Governing Boards: What does 2026 hold? I've spent many years sitting on or advising the boards and committees of independent training providers, employer providers...

Sakina Khan

Diary of an Apprentice: Final Reflections on my Level 7 Senior Leadership Journey 

By NCFE

I'm incredibly proud to share that I've now completed my Level 7 Senior Leadership apprenticeship at The University of Manchester: Alliance Manchester Business School – graduating with a...

Lindsey Poole

Social value isn’t a ‘nice to have’ it’s what apprenticeships and adult learning do best

By Lindsey Poole

The Education and Training Foundation’s recent Achieving Social Value in Further Education and Skills report puts into words something many of us working in apprenticeships...

Emily Erickson

The Employer Costs of Apprenticeship Training in England, Germany, and Austria: Results from a matched employer study 

By Gatsby Charitable Foundation

New research reveals that employers in England face substantially higher costs of training apprentices compared with their counterparts in Germany and Austria. If the employer costs are so high, will this stand...

Fiona Aldridge

2025: A Whirlwind Year for Skills Policy, What’s Next for 2026?

By Skills Federation

What a whirlwind 2025 has been for anyone working in skills policy. In addition to the significant changes to apprenticeships, we’ve seen a renewed focus...

New Zealand’s Vocational Education System: The Legislation is Passed – What Happens Now?

By Stuart Martin

In my first two articles of this series, I explored the history of New Zealand's vocational education system and the announcement of the 2026 reforms....

Why all Vocations need AI literacy, Even if they Don’t Use it

By Gary F. Fisher

AI literacy is often framed as a specialist skill: something required only in particular sectors, or by those who actively use artificial intelligence as part...

Nic Riemer

The Autumn Budget was a turning point on child poverty. Now it has to close the digital gap in education.

By Invigilator

The Budget’s child-poverty reforms are vital, but closing education’s digital gap is now essential to ensure fair access, participation and assessment for all. Scrapping the...

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