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Recent studies comparing AI‑generated and human responses focus on two questions: how good AI outputs are relative to human ones, and how well humans or algorithms can tell them apart (Rubin et al., 2025). To assess this, researchers have typically ...

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...

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...

Further education (FE) in England has spent too long treating teacher training as an optional extra. That stance may have seemed tolerable in a sector historically built around occupational expertise, part-time teaching, and flexible staffing. It is...

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...

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...

Let Learners know Green Skills Get You Hired Green skills are no longer a nice extra — every employer is now asking for these. We've previously suggested a sustainability curriculum that could be delivered across 7 x 1 hour tutorial sessions. A...

Using systems-thinking and structured dialogue to explore the effects of armed conflict on ecological sustainability War is frequently framed as a geopolitical necessity; however, from an environmental perspective it represents systemic failure. Con...

The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2026, marking two centuries of scientific, educational and global contribution to conservation. This is the right moment to reacquaint ourselves with its extraordina...