All Vocational education articles
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Opinion
Why AAQs are the future
Discover the diverse and enriching new post-16 study pathways, available from 2025
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Interview
‘The best parts are working with enthusiastic students and that no two days are ever the same’
Meet Mike Hughes, a technical specialist who is passionate about chemistry teaching laboratories and technical education pathways
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Feature
The end of BTECs?
Find out how changes to post-16 qualifications could impact your science students
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Feature
Is an apprenticeship the right route for your students?
Hands-on learning, or a more traditional route? Take a look at what’s out there for learners
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Feature
Science T-levels are coming
From September 2021, 16–18-year-olds will be able to take a new kind of science qualification
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Analysis
Uptake of science apprenticeships grows
Getting started wih lab tech and lab scientist apprenticeships
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Feature
Earn while you learn
How the new apprenticeship levy is shaping opportunities for school students
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News
Government earmarks £170m for technical institutes
New Institutes of Technology aim to bolster technical education
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News
University Technical Colleges – the future of science teaching?
It's not just academies we'll be seeing more of in UK education, University Technical Colleges are expanding. We met Lord Baker to find out about these innovative but controversial schools
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News
Inspiration and Industry award for Hilary
RSC has recognised Hilary Jeffreys for her outstanding contribution to the promotion of the chemical sciences
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Opinion
The view from Germany
After moving to Germany from the UK, Laura Howes looks at the differences and similarities in science education
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Feature
Chemists on the front line
The UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has a near century-long history of working with chemical weapons. Philip Robinson reports from Porton Down