Newspage Raws

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26 Raws in education

7 November 2025 · 3 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
Lloyds' "Agentic AI Financial Assistant" Raises Stakes for IFAs
Lloyds Banking Group is launching what it calls the UK's first large-scale "agentic AI financial assistant" to 21 million mobile banking customers in early 2025, promising "personalised, round-the-clock financial…
5 November 2025 · 7 expert responses
Kids to learn how to budget and how mortgages work: "Pythagoras theory isn’t going to help you when the bailiffs come knocking"
KIDS are set to learn how to budget and how mortgages work in a new national curriculum with financial experts say: “Pythagoras theory isn’t going to help you when the bailiffs come knocking.” The Government has…
29 October 2025 · 5 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
One in Ten UK Workers Spend Full Day Each Week on AI Self-Study
Almost one in ten UK workers now dedicates an entire working day each week to AI upskilling according to Adobe's Future of Skills survey of 2003 UK respondents. Further education outlet, FE News reports 45% of hiring…
10 October 2025 · 8 expert responses
Source: Luke James, Gravitate Accounting
"A Budget VAT attack would bludgeon UK consumers and businesses"
FINANCIAL experts have warned the Chancellor about making potential changes to VAT coverage in the forthcoming Budget, saying the risks would “bludgeon UK consumers and businesses”, reduce access to key services for…
6 October 2025 · 3 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
AI Upskilling Pays Off: Workers with GenAI Skills Earn Up to 20% More, Coursera Finds
Artificial intelligence is no longer a future skill – it’s today’s pay rise. According to Coursera’s 2025 Learner Outcomes Report (published 2 October), employees who can prove competence with AI tools now command up to…
4 August 2025 · 3 expert responses
Source: Scott Gallacher, Rowley Turton
Student Loan System 'Not Fit for Purpose' – Middle-Income Families Paying the Price
As families prepare to send their children off to university this autumn, serious cracks are emerging in the UK’s student loan system — particularly around maintenance loans. The household income thresholds are now so…