New digital V levels aim to bridge Britain’s AI skills gap Tech The government’s new digital V-level is meant to solve two problems at once: the confusion of England’s post-16 qualifications system, and the growing mismatch between what young people learn and what employers now need. From 2027, ‘digital’ will be one of the first three V-level subjects offered alongside education and early years, alongside finance and [...]
Why regenerative agriculture is the key to a better human Education By Noam Bar CoFounder Ottolenghi & Kung Fu Mama, NED, Entrepreneur & Mentor I was sceptical the first time I visited a regenerative cattle farm – inside the M25, in the suburbs of north-west London. The farmer, Jonathan, talked with boundless conviction about changing the way we grow food and how regenerative agriculture will save [...]
Educating builders: Teaching entrepreneurship is good for the economy Education By Eduard Panteleev, Co Founder & Co CEO of ANNA Money One of the biggest issues with how we talk about business in the UK is that we rely on definitions that don’t make sense in real life. Take “small and medium-sized enterprises”, or SMEs, the term used to describe businesses with fewer than 250 [...]
Power skills, not just test scores February 2, 2026 By Olly Tress, Founder Oliver Bonas “I began my education at a very early age, in fact, right after I left college.” Winston Churchill We are living through a period of dramatic and accelerating change. Artificial intelligence, global interconnectivity, and rapid technological disruption are transforming the employment landscape, the economy, and the way we live. [...]
Education as Britain’s great reset amid the AI cyclone January 27, 2026 By John O’Brien MBE I left school with a couple of low-grade A-levels and never attended a university, something which most people find surprising. However, the conventional academic approach of the 1960s and ’70s never quite fitted me. What shaped me were experiences outside the classroom, initial work at a Bank that revealed the world [...]