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Qualification reform alone won't fix England's ‘missing middle’ in higher technical education

The Lifelong Education Institute calls for urgent alignment of funding, clearer progression routes, and greater flexibility to address chronic technical skills shortages.

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Breaking the firewall: How to engage SMEs in technical education

Engaging SMEs in the skills agenda remains one of the biggest challenges for policymakers, ...

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New Report launched: The Missing Middle - Unlocking the growth potential of higher technical qualifications

The Lifelong Education Institute calls for urgent alignment of funding, clearer progression routes, and greater flexibility to address chronic technical skills shortages.

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No ‘one’ NEET solution: Social Mobility Commission Deputy Chair joins panel on the need for national and local collaboration across sectors

This week, Deputy Chair of the Social Mobility Commission, Resham Kotecha, spoke at the Breaking Barriers Collective, an event hosted by the FE & Skills Collective and the Edge Foundation, focussed on solutions to help the UK’s over 1 million young people Not in

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More strikes set for England’s largest exam board

Hundreds of staff at exam giant AQA will strike for four more days from Friday over an ongoing pay row.

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Compliance theatre is over: Accredited online learning is the grown-up option

With budgets squeezed and the UK Employment Rights Act 2025 raising the stakes, distance learning is no longer second best. 

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