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Comment, insight and analysis for further education and training professionals

AI in Education and Business

The impact of AI on employee productivity: UK and cross-national evidence
Introduction AI productivity is no longer hypothetical - it’s already reshaping work. Across the UK and internationally, the evidence shows real productivity gains from AI, but only where skills, governance and strategy keep pace. What the data says...
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Workforce Insights

FE Stabilises but Pay Gap Widens: NFER 2026 report reveals data gaps
Introduction: NFER’s third Annual Teacher Workforce report (2026), funded by the Nuffield Foundation, makes hard reading for a further education sector already under pressure. Set alongside new school and early years data, it offers the most detaile...
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Teacher Training

Regulating on ambiguity: why FE initial teacher training needs practitioner research, not just new rules
The quality of initial teacher training (ITT) in further education (FE) is again under review, but this time with a sharper regulatory edge. From 2026, providers of FE ITT will be required to register with government, submit standardised student dat...
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Just how effective is teacher training in further education?
Calling Education and Training colleagues for your support. Research Study: An Empirical Investigation into the Initial Teacher Training Experiences of FE Teachers and Trainees FEthink is at the forefront of research into teacher training in the fur...
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