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class=\"btg-k\">Date<\/div><div class=\"btg-v\">Wed 18 November 2026<\/div><\/div>\n        <div><div class=\"btg-k\">Time<\/div><div class=\"btg-v\">15:30 GMT<\/div><\/div>\n        <div><div class=\"btg-k\">Where<\/div><div class=\"btg-v\">Online \u00b7 Microsoft Teams Live<\/div><\/div>\n        <div><div class=\"btg-k\">Cost<\/div><div class=\"btg-v\">Free to attend<\/div><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <a class=\"btg-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=4tIl3tE09kmsRvm7qUOtTKuXkfFCQZ1GvLccXonKZzRUQ0Q0UE5DQVc1UDFKT1IxRUNLVFpIWkZGNy4u\">Register now<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- overview -->\n  <section class=\"btg-sec\">\n    <div class=\"btg-inner btg-cols\">\n      <div class=\"btg-body\">\n        <h2>Our starting point for 2026<\/h2>\n        <p>The world our students are growing into is being reshaped by AI faster than we are rethinking how we prepare them for it.<\/p>\n        <p>We can&#8217;t predict the jobs our students will hold. But we can prepare the people who will hold them. <strong>Grounded in knowledge, ready in skill, clear in values, and sure of who they are.<\/strong><\/p>\n        <p>Bridge the Gap 2026 brings school leaders, educators, employers and young people into one conversation. It moves from the problem to what schools can do now, organised around four things school still owes every student: knowledge, skills, values and identity.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <aside class=\"btg-panel\">\n        <h3>Who should attend<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"btg-row\"><div class=\"btg-k\">Audience<\/div><div class=\"btg-v\">School leaders, teachers, career advisors, parents, students, NGOs and civil society organisations<\/div><\/div>\n        <div class=\"btg-row\"><div class=\"btg-k\">Format<\/div><div class=\"btg-v\">Live online, with Q&amp;A and youth voices throughout<\/div><\/div>\n        <div class=\"btg-row\"><div class=\"btg-k\">Language<\/div><div class=\"btg-v\">English<\/div><\/div>\n        <div class=\"btg-row\"><div class=\"btg-k\">Recording<\/div><div class=\"btg-v\">The event will be recorded<\/div><\/div>\n      <\/aside>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- agenda -->\n  <section class=\"btg-sec\">\n    <div class=\"btg-inner\">\n      <h2>Agenda<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"btg-lead\">The programme moves from the problem to the response, with a youth roundtable at its centre.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"btg-agenda\">\n        <div class=\"btg-item\"><h3>Welcome and framing<\/h3><span class=\"btg-dur\">8 min<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"btg-item\"><h3>The map: disappearing, surplus, emerging jobs<\/h3><span class=\"btg-dur\">10 min<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"btg-item\"><h3>How a 16-year-old actually decides<div class=\"btg-sub\">Plus Q&amp;A with a youth representative<\/div><\/h3><span class=\"btg-dur\">20 min<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"btg-item\"><h3>Your students already have a career coach. It&#8217;s a chatbot.<\/h3><span class=\"btg-dur\">10 min<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"btg-item\"><h3>Skills: what employers can&#8217;t find<\/h3><span class=\"btg-dur\">10 min<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"btg-item btg-hinge\"><h3>Ask us, not about us: 16, 19, 22<div class=\"btg-sub\">The roundtable hinge, where young people speak for themselves<\/div><\/h3><span class=\"btg-dur\">20 min<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"btg-item\"><h3>What counts after school: universities, microcredentials and the unbundling degree<\/h3><span class=\"btg-dur\">10 min<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"btg-item\"><h3>Knowledge: does knowing things still pay?<\/h3><span class=\"btg-dur\">10 min<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"btg-item\"><h3>Values: the career strategy nobody teaches<\/h3><span class=\"btg-dur\">10 min<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"btg-item\"><h3>Identity: the last homework<\/h3><span class=\"btg-dur\">10 min<\/span><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:44px\">\n        <a class=\"btg-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=4tIl3tE09kmsRvm7qUOtTKuXkfFCQZ1GvLccXonKZzRUQ0Q0UE5DQVc1UDFKT1IxRUNLVFpIWkZGNy4u\">Register now<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- advisory board -->\n  <section class=\"btg-sec btg-secalt\">\n    <div class=\"btg-inner\">\n      <h2>This year&#8217;s Advisory Board<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"btg-lead\">The programme is shaped by leaders across education, technology and the future of work.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"btg-adv\">\n        <figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sofianet.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/btg-2026-adv-eve-psalti.png\" alt=\"Eve Psalti\"><div class=\"btg-n\">Eve Psalti<\/div><div class=\"btg-o\">Microsoft<\/div><\/figure>\n        <figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sofianet.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/btg-2026-adv-antony-salcito.png\" alt=\"Antony Salcito\"><div class=\"btg-n\">Antony Salcito<\/div><div class=\"btg-o\">Coursera<\/div><\/figure>\n        <figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sofianet.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/btg-2026-adv-laura-knight.png\" alt=\"Laura Knight\"><div class=\"btg-n\">Laura Knight<\/div><div class=\"btg-o\">Sapio<\/div><\/figure>\n        <figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sofianet.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/btg-2026-adv-tom-shorrock.png\" alt=\"Tom Shorrock\"><div class=\"btg-n\">Tom Shorrock<\/div><div class=\"btg-o\">Curiosity Learning<\/div><\/figure>\n        <figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sofianet.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/btg-2026-adv-miles-berry.png\" alt=\"Prof. Miles Berry\"><div class=\"btg-n\">Prof. Miles Berry<\/div><div class=\"btg-o\">University of Roehampton<\/div><\/figure>\n        <figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sofianet.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/btg-2026-adv-aisling-murray-fleming.png\" alt=\"Aisling Murray Fleming\"><div class=\"btg-n\">Aisling Murray Fleming<\/div><div class=\"btg-o\">DCU Institute of Education<\/div><\/figure>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- final cta -->\n  <section class=\"btg-final\">\n    <h2>Save your place at Bridge the Gap 2026<\/h2>\n    <p>Free to attend. 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