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Into the Weekend

Welcome to our weekly series, Into the Weekend, where NOCN Group leaders share their perspectives on the evolving skills landscape and the vital role that high-quality training plays in shaping the workforce of the future.

Edition 1: Britain’s academic bias is holding it back

Edition 2: Are we diluting the apprenticeships brand in the name of reform?

Edition 3: A Fragmented Skills Landscape Won’t Support a Global Workforce

Edition 4: Why Employability Must Sit at the Heart of Skills Reform

Edition 5: Who Gets to Learn? Why EDI Matters in Skills Policy and Practice

Edition 6: Net zero won’t retrofit itself: why skills are the real bottleneck

Edition 7: The Energy Transition Is Moving Faster Than Our Skills System

Edition 8: The normalisation of fraud

Edition 9: Apprenticeships: A Fixed System in a Dynamic Economy

Edition 10: Rethinking Apprenticeship Assessment: Getting the Balance Right

Edition 11: The UK’s plant skills gap is no longer abstract

Edition 12: Relationship Management in Practice: Why Consistency Matters More Than Ever

Edition 13: Why funding expertise will shape the future of apprenticeships in England

Edition 14: Why Learner Readiness Must Become the Defining Measure of Adult Skills Delivery

Edition 15: Why global recognition is no longer optional

Edition 16: Flexibility with purpose

Edition 17: Green skills or clean energy? Why the language matters just as much as the technology

Edition 18: The broken bridge between education and work

Edition 19: Creating opportunity through skills

Edition 20: Forty years of raising standards – and why the journey isn't over

Edition 21: AI is reshaping what it means to be skilled

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