Topic: Skills & careers

The revised Essential Digital Skills Standards 

The Department for Education’s first overhaul in seven years widens the framework at both ends and threads artificial intelligence through the lot. Here is what changed, what stayed, and what teachers should do about it. On 15 July, with little of the fanfare such things once attracted, the Department for Education published a document that […]

Young people aren’t failing the labour market. The labour market is failing young people

The UK’s latest review into youth employment reveals a deeper problem than AI replacing jobs and schools cannot solve it alone. The narrative surrounding artificial intelligence has become familiar. Every new report on the future of work prompts the same conclusion: young people need to learn AI, develop critical thinking and become more adaptable. But […]

The Skills England Report Every Teacher Should Read: Preparing Students for an AI-Enabled Future

The UK workforce is entering one of the most significant periods of transformation in a generation. Skills England has published their Annual Skills Report, accompanied by ten Sectoral Skills Needs Assessments (SNAs). Together, they provide the clearest picture yet of how technology, demographics and economic priorities are reshaping the skills young people will need over […]

Is AI killing Computer Science in UK schools?

The headlines would have you believe that teenagers are abandoning GCSE and A-Level Computing because they fear AI will automate coding jobs. But the latest data tells a completely different story. The reality? We are boring students out of the classroom. 📉 According to the provisional Ofqual statistics for the Summer 2026 exam series, GCSE […]

The Future of AI Through a Student’s Perspective

Capital City College teamed up with AI Awareness Day to give students an opportunity to participate in shaping the future of technology and education. Here, first-year Creative Media Production student Laissa C shares her perspective on how artificial intelligence will transform the landscape and the future workforce. Will AI help or replace future jobs? I […]

⚠️ AI could widen the digital skills gap, if we’re not careful

At Bett Global, Natalie Moore, CEO of Apps for Good, shared a timely warning as part of the AI Awareness Day campaign. ➡️ AI isn’t just about using tools➡️ It’s about how we teach young people to use them➡️ And who gets access in the first place Natalie highlighted that AI education must go beyond […]