Skills
6 CTE trends to track in 2026
Key points: Without a doubt, career and technical education (CTE) is priceless for high school students wanting to get real-world, […]
February 27, 2026
Stop letting students avoid the microphone
Public speaking anxiety is rife among university students, with well-documented consequences for academic performance and future employability. Surveys consistently show […]
February 27, 2026
If the graduate premium is falling, supply-side tinkering won’t bring it back
It’s not hard to find arguments that suggest that the UK has too many graduates. And underneath articles of that […]
February 23, 2026
Do students lack skills, or does the system struggle to surface them?
Plenty of people I talk to that work in graduate employability tell me there’s a problem. They say that students […]
February 20, 2026
“Data steward” is just one of the missing 21st-century professions that universities could be creating
Every day, we generate data simply by living our lives – from the apps tracking our morning run to the […]
February 5, 2026
Talking about contemporary higher education means talking about work-aligned learning
Over the last decade, UK higher education has been insistently asked to prove that what happens in teaching and learning […]
February 4, 2026