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This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vocational education and training (VET) issues in the UK and Europe. The feature article in this issue is 'Reform in haste, repent at leisure' by Christine Ward (p. 8-10). It discusses the recent A level debacle in the UK which led to an initial enquiry and the subsequent reviewing of the grade boundaries in a number of subjects/syllabuses by the awarding bodies. This issue of Educa also reports on: assessment and qualifications; basic key skills; disadvantage; education and training management; employment and unemployment; further education; guidance; information and communications technology; lifelong learning; open learning; research; teachers and trainers; training; and vocational preparation.