diff --git a/_apprentice_projects/2026/coral-contextual-relevance.md b/_apprentice_projects/2026/coral-contextual-relevance.md
index 47a8a66..13a7a5f 100644
--- a/_apprentice_projects/2026/coral-contextual-relevance.md
+++ b/_apprentice_projects/2026/coral-contextual-relevance.md
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ batch: 2026
 order: 2
 title: "CoRaL: Contextual Relevance and Linguistic Enrichment"
 summary: "A multi-dimensional data curation framework to balance quality, relevance, and cultural coverage in low-resource corpora."
+mentors:
+  - name: "Fajri Koto"
+  - name: "M Dehan Al-Kautsar"
+mentees:
+  - name: "Thanh-Nhi Nguyen"
+  - name: "Feliks Victor Parningotan Samosir"
+  - name: "Michael Christlambert Sinanta"
 ---
 
 Low-resource language corpora often suffer from noise, domain imbalance, and linguistic mixing, making naive filtering harmful to both quantity and cultural representation.
diff --git a/_apprentice_projects/2026/knowledge-distillation-vision-text.md b/_apprentice_projects/2026/knowledge-distillation-vision-text.md
index 4cbd6f4..552acd9 100644
--- a/_apprentice_projects/2026/knowledge-distillation-vision-text.md
+++ b/_apprentice_projects/2026/knowledge-distillation-vision-text.md
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ batch: 2026
 order: 5
 title: "Knowledge Distillation in Multilingual Vision-Text Model"
 summary: "Distill compact multilingual vision-text embeddings from large multimodal teachers for real-world deployment."
+mentors:
+  - name: "Peerat Limkonchotiwat"
+  - name: "Ekapol Chuangsuwanich"
+  - name: "Pume Tuchinda"
+mentees:
+  - name: "Ashvanth S"
+  - name: "Faiz Assabil Firdaus"
+  - name: "Ilma Aliya Fiddien"
+  - name: "Puja Ahmad Habibi"
 ---
 
 We propose a training framework to distill a small vision-text embedding model from a large multimodal teacher. Existing KD approaches often assume a base-sized teacher and focus on monolingual settings, leaving large teachers and multilingual scenarios underexplored.
diff --git a/_apprentice_projects/2026/multilingual-agentic-underrepresented.md b/_apprentice_projects/2026/multilingual-agentic-underrepresented.md
index 713511c..35401d1 100644
--- a/_apprentice_projects/2026/multilingual-agentic-underrepresented.md
+++ b/_apprentice_projects/2026/multilingual-agentic-underrepresented.md
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 ---
 batch: 2026
 order: 1
-title: "Multilingual Agentic for Underrepresented Regions"
+title: "Multilingual Agentic Benchmarking for Underrepresented Regions"
 summary: "Build an environment and evaluation benchmark for agentic LLMs in low-resource languages and underrepresented regions."
+mentors:
+  - name: "Samuel Cahyawijaya"
+  - name: "Patomporn Payoungkhamdee"
+mentees:
+  - name: "Aulia Adila"
+  - name: "Kittiphat Leesombatwathana"
+  - name: "My (Chiffon) Nguyen"
+  - name: "Saksorn Ruangtanusak"
+  - name: "Vissuta Gunawan Lim"
 ---
 
 In this work, we address the gap in enabling LLMs with agentic capabilities for low-resource languages and underrepresented regions. Most existing environments and evaluation benchmarks (e.g., Taubench) are Anglocentric, leaving a critical void in assessing performance across diverse linguistic contexts.
diff --git a/_apprentice_projects/2026/reasoning-agentic-router.md b/_apprentice_projects/2026/reasoning-agentic-router.md
index 6775b45..53901ed 100644
--- a/_apprentice_projects/2026/reasoning-agentic-router.md
+++ b/_apprentice_projects/2026/reasoning-agentic-router.md
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ batch: 2026
 order: 3
 title: "Reasoning Agentic LLM Router"
 summary: "Develop skill-based routing to reduce inference costs while preserving strong generalization."
+mentors:
+  - name: "Genta Indra Winata"
+  - name: "David Anugraha"
+mentees:
+  - name: "Napol Rachatasumrit"
+  - name: "Quyen Le Hoang Tran"
+  - name: "Jaycent Gunawan Ongris"
 ---
 
 Learning to route effectively is crucial for improving the efficiency of LLM inference by leveraging model capabilities. Prior work explores routing strategies, but does not thoroughly examine fine-grained, skill-based routing that can substantially reduce costs while preserving strong generalization.
diff --git a/_apprentice_projects/2026/selective-memory-layer.md b/_apprentice_projects/2026/selective-memory-layer.md
index 076e2f0..a9cd3cd 100644
--- a/_apprentice_projects/2026/selective-memory-layer.md
+++ b/_apprentice_projects/2026/selective-memory-layer.md
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@ batch: 2026
 order: 4
 title: "Selective Memory Layer Finetuning"
 summary: "Explore memory-layer finetuning strategies to improve continual learning without catastrophic forgetting."
+mentors:
+  - name: "Alham Fikri Aji"
+  - name: "Farid Adilazuarda"
+  - name: "Muhammad Reza Qorib"
+mentees:
+  - name: "Faeyza Rishad Ardi"
+  - name: "Izaaz Inhar"
+  - name: "Phudish Prateepamornkul"
+  - name: "Quang Minh Nguyen"
+  - name: "Tri Vo"
 ---
 
 We tackle continual learning from an architectural perspective. Instead of LoRA, whose parameters grow with the number of tasks or languages, we explore memory layers where the model can store or learn context by injecting key-value information during inference.
@@ -14,5 +24,5 @@ We will test this empirically by systematically finetuning different components
 **Relevant publications:**
 
 - Empirical Study on Updating Key-Value Memories in Transformer Feed-Forward Layers
-- Memory Layers at Scale | Research - AI at Meta
+- [Memory Layers at Scale](https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.09764)
 - Continual Learning via Sparse Memory Finetuning
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 06f955c..f42e84c 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ defaults:
       type: "projects"
     values:
       layout: "project"
+  - scope:
+      path: ""
+      type: "apprentice_projects"
+    values:
+      layout: "apprentice-project"
   - scope:
       path: "assets"
     values:
@@ -59,7 +64,8 @@ collections:
     permalink: /people/:title.html
     sort_by: name
   apprentice_projects:
-    output: false
+    output: true
+    permalink: /apprentice-projects/:path.html
 
 include:
   - _pages
diff --git a/_data/navbar.yml b/_data/navbar.yml
index e17acea..fa0f429 100644
--- a/_data/navbar.yml
+++ b/_data/navbar.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     - name: "Publications"
       href: "/publications"
     - name: "Resources"
-      href: "/resources/"
+      href: "/resources"
 
 - name: "Blog"
   href: "/posts/"
diff --git a/_includes/apprentice-project-tabs.html b/_includes/apprentice-project-tabs.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a207e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/apprentice-project-tabs.html
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{% comment %}
+  Tab navigation for apprentice project batch pages.
+  Each tab is a link to /apprentice-projects/{batch}/.
+  Usage: {% include apprentice-project-tabs.html active_batch=page.batch %}
+{% endcomment %}
+{% assign batches = site.data.apprentice_batches %}
+{% if batches == null or batches.size == 0 %}
+  {% assign batch_years = site.apprentice_projects
+    | map: 'batch'
+    | uniq
+    | sort
+    | reverse
+  %}
+  {% assign batches = '' | split: '' %}
+  {% for year in batch_years %}
+    {% assign batches = batches | push: year %}
+  {% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+
+{% assign active_str = include.active_batch | append: '' %}
+
+<ul class="nav nav-tabs mb-4" role="tablist">
+  {%- for batch in batches -%}
+    {%- assign batch_key = batch.year | default: batch -%}
+    {%- assign key_str = batch_key | append: '' -%}
+    {%- assign is_active = false -%}
+    {%- if active_str == key_str -%}
+      {%- assign is_active = true -%}
+    {%- endif -%}
+    {%- assign batch_label = batch.label | default: '' -%}
+    {%- assign batch_style_class = batch.style_class
+      | default: 'badge bg-secondary'
+    -%}
+    {%- if batch_label == '' and forloop.first -%}
+      {%- assign batch_label = 'current' -%}
+    {%- endif -%}
+    {%- assign label_class = batch_style_class | append: ' badge ms-2' -%}
+    <li class="nav-item" role="presentation">
+      <a
+        class="nav-link {% if is_active %}active{% endif %}"
+        href="{{ '/apprentice-projects/' | append: batch_key | append: '/' | relative_url }}"
+        {% if is_active %}
+          aria-current="page"
+        {% endif %}
+      >
+        Batch {{ batch_key }}
+        {%- if batch_label != '' -%}
+          <span
+            class="{% if is_active %}{{ label_class }}{% else %}badge bg-light text-muted border ms-2{% endif %}"
+          >
+            {{- batch_label -}}
+          </span>
+        {%- endif -%}
+      </a>
+    </li>
+  {%- endfor -%}
+</ul>
diff --git a/_includes/apprenticeship-tabs.html b/_includes/apprenticeship-tabs.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 9507b2f..0000000
--- a/_includes/apprenticeship-tabs.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,120 +0,0 @@
-{% assign batches = site.data.apprentice_batches %}
-{% if batches == null or batches.size == 0 %}
-  {% assign batch_years = site.apprentice_projects
-    | map: 'batch'
-    | uniq
-    | sort
-    | reverse
-  %}
-  {% assign batches = '' | split: '' %}
-  {% for year in batch_years %}
-    {% assign batches = batches | push: year %}
-  {% endfor %}
-{% endif %}
-{% assign default_batch = batches | where: 'current', true | first %}
-{% if default_batch == null %}
-  {% assign default_batch = batches.first %}
-{% endif %}
-{% assign default_batch_key = default_batch.year | default: default_batch %}
-
-<ul class="nav nav-tabs" id="apprenticeshipTabs" role="tablist">
-  {%- for batch in batches -%}
-    {%- assign batch_key = batch.year | default: batch -%}
-    {%- assign batch_label = batch.label | default: '' -%}
-    {%- assign batch_style_class = batch.style_class
-      | default: 'badge bg-secondary'
-    -%}
-    {%- if batch_label == '' and forloop.first -%}
-      {%- assign batch_label = 'current' -%}
-    {%- endif -%}
-    {%- assign is_current = false -%}
-    {%- if batch.current == true or batch_label == 'current' -%}
-      {%- assign is_current = true -%}
-    {%- endif -%}
-    {%- assign label_class = batch_style_class | append: ' badge ms-2' -%}
-    {%- assign is_active = false -%}
-    {%- if batch_key == default_batch_key -%}
-      {%- assign is_active = true -%}
-    {%- endif -%}
-    <li class="nav-item" role="presentation">
-      <button
-        class="nav-link {% if is_active %}active{% endif %}"
-        id="tab-{{ batch_key | replace: '-', '' }}-tab"
-        data-bs-toggle="tab"
-        data-bs-target="#tab-{{ batch_key | replace: '-', '' }}"
-        data-batch="{{ batch_key }}"
-        data-current="{% if is_current %}true{% else %}false{% endif %}"
-        type="button"
-        role="tab"
-      >
-        Batch {{ batch_key }}
-        {% if batch_label != '' %}
-          <span
-            class="{% if is_active %}{{ label_class }}{% else %}badge bg-light text-muted border ms-2{% endif %}"
-          >
-            {{ batch_label }}
-          </span>
-        {% endif %}
-      </button>
-    </li>
-  {%- endfor -%}
-</ul>
-
-<div class="tab-content" id="apprenticeshipTabsContent">
-  {%- for batch in batches -%}
-    {%- assign batch_key = batch.year | default: batch -%}
-    {%- assign projects = site.apprentice_projects
-      | where: 'batch', batch_key
-      | sort: 'order'
-    -%}
-    <div
-      class="tab-pane fade {% if batch_key == default_batch_key %}show active{% endif %}"
-      id="tab-{{ batch_key | replace: '-', '' }}"
-      role="tabpanel"
-    >
-      <h3>Projects</h3>
-
-      {% if projects.size == 0 %}
-        <p class="text-muted">
-          Projects for this batch will be announced soon.
-        </p>
-      {% else %}
-        {% include project-cards.html projects=projects batch_key=batch_key %}
-      {% endif %}
-
-      <h3>Publications</h3>
-      {% bibliography --file apprenticeship --query @*[batch={{ batch_key }}] %}
-    </div>
-  {%- endfor -%}
-</div>
-
-<script src="{{ '/assets/js/project-modal.js' | relative_url }}"></script>
-<script>
-  document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
-    const tabs = document.getElementById("apprenticeshipTabs")
-    if (!tabs) return
-
-    const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search)
-    const batchParam = params.get("batch")
-    const fallback =
-      tabs.querySelector("button[data-current='true']") ||
-      tabs.querySelector("button[data-bs-toggle='tab']")
-
-    const targetBatch = batchParam || (fallback && fallback.dataset.batch)
-    if (targetBatch && window.bootstrap && bootstrap.Tab) {
-      const target = tabs.querySelector(`button[data-batch='${targetBatch}']`)
-      if (target) new bootstrap.Tab(target).show()
-    }
-
-    tabs.querySelectorAll("button[data-bs-toggle='tab']").forEach((button) => {
-      button.addEventListener("shown.bs.tab", (event) => {
-        const batch = event.target.dataset.batch
-        const isCurrent = event.target.dataset.current === "true"
-        const url = new URL(window.location)
-        if (isCurrent) url.searchParams.delete("batch")
-        else url.searchParams.set("batch", batch)
-        window.history.replaceState({}, "", url)
-      })
-    })
-  })
-</script>
diff --git a/_includes/breadcrumbs.html b/_includes/breadcrumbs.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0f80ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/breadcrumbs.html
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{% unless page.url == '/' or page.url == '/index.html' %}
+  {% assign raw_crumbs = page.url | split: '/' %}
+  {% assign crumbs = '' | split: '' %}
+  {% for c in raw_crumbs %}
+    {% assign stripped = c | strip %}
+    {% if stripped != '' and stripped != 'index.html' %}
+      {% assign crumbs = crumbs | push: stripped %}
+    {% endif %}
+  {% endfor %}
+  {% if crumbs.size > 0 %}
+    <nav class="breadcrumb-nav" aria-label="Breadcrumb">
+      <div class="breadcrumb-content">
+        <a href="{{ '/' | relative_url }}" class="breadcrumb-link">Home</a>
+        {% assign path = '' %}
+        {% for crumb in crumbs %}
+          {% assign path = path | append: '/' | append: crumb %}
+          <span class="breadcrumb-separator" aria-hidden="true">/</span>
+          {% if forloop.last %}
+            <span class="breadcrumb-current" aria-current="page">
+              {{-
+                page.title
+                | default: crumb
+                | replace: '-', ' '
+                | replace: '.html', ''
+              -}}
+            </span>
+          {% else %}
+            {% assign label = crumb
+              | replace: '-', ' '
+              | replace: '.html', ''
+              | capitalize
+            %}
+            {% assign crumb_url = null %}
+            {% assign try_html = path | append: '.html' %}
+            {% assign found_page = site.pages
+              | where: 'url', try_html
+              | first
+            %}
+            {% unless found_page %}
+              {% assign try_slash = path | append: '/' %}
+              {% assign found_page = site.pages
+                | where: 'url', try_slash
+                | first
+              %}
+            {% endunless %}
+            {% if found_page %}
+              {% assign crumb_url = found_page.url %}
+            {% endif %}
+            {% if crumb_url %}
+              <a
+                href="{{ crumb_url | relative_url }}"
+                class="breadcrumb-link"
+              >
+                {{- label -}}
+              </a>
+            {% else %}
+              <span class="breadcrumb-current">{{ label }}</span>
+            {% endif %}
+          {% endif %}
+        {% endfor %}
+      </div>
+    </nav>
+  {% endif %}
+{% endunless %}
diff --git a/_includes/project-cards.html b/_includes/project-cards.html
index 2e90f94..9e6134e 100644
--- a/_includes/project-cards.html
+++ b/_includes/project-cards.html
@@ -1,111 +1,46 @@
 {% comment %}
-  Usage:
-  {% include project-cards.html projects=projects batch_key=batch_key %}
+  Usage: {% include project-cards.html projects=projects
+  batch_key=batch_key %}
 {% endcomment %}
-
 {% assign projects = include.projects | default: site.apprentice_projects %}
 {% if projects and projects.size > 0 %}
   <div class="project-grid">
     {% for project in projects %}
-      {% assign project_id = 'project-'
-        | append: include.batch_key
-        | append: '-'
-        | append: project.title
-        | slugify
-      %}
       {% assign mentor_names = project.mentors | map: 'name' | join: ', ' %}
       {% assign mentee_names = project.mentees | map: 'name' | join: ', ' %}
-      {% capture project_preview %}
-{{ project.summary | default: project.content | markdownify }}
-      {% endcapture %}
+      {% capture project_preview %} {{ project.summary | default: project.content | markdownify
+  }} {% endcapture %}
       {% assign summary_text = project_preview
         | strip_html
         | strip_newlines
         | truncate: 160
       %}
-      <div
-        class="card card-clickable project-card h-100"
-        role="button"
-        tabindex="0"
-        data-bs-toggle="modal"
-        data-bs-target="#project-modal-{{ project_id }}"
-      >
-        <div class="project-card-header">
-          <h4 class="project-card-title">{{ project.title }}</h4>
-          {% if mentor_names != '' %}
-            <p class="project-card-meta">Mentors: {{ mentor_names }}</p>
-          {% endif %}
-        </div>
-        <p class="project-card-summary">{{ summary_text }}</p>
-      </div>
-
-      <div
-        class="modal fade project-modal"
-        id="project-modal-{{ project_id }}"
-        tabindex="-1"
-        aria-hidden="true"
-        aria-labelledby="project-modal-title-{{ project_id }}"
-      >
-        <div class="modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered modal-lg">
-          <div class="modal-content">
-            <div class="modal-header">
-              <h5 class="modal-title" id="project-modal-title-{{ project_id }}">
-                {{ project.title }}
-              </h5>
-              <button
-                type="button"
-                class="btn-close"
-                data-bs-dismiss="modal"
-                aria-label="Close"
-              ></button>
-            </div>
-            <div class="modal-body project-modal-body">
-              {% if project.summary %}
-                <p class="project-modal-summary">{{ project.summary }}</p>
-              {% endif %}
+      <a href="{{ project.url | relative_url }}" class="text-decoration-none">
+        <div class="card card-clickable project-card h-100">
+          <div class="project-card-header">
+            <h4 class="project-card-title">{{ project.title }}</h4>
+          </div>
+          <p class="project-card-summary">{{ summary_text }}</p>
+          {% if mentor_names != '' or mentee_names != '' %}
+            <div class="project-card-team">
               {% if mentor_names != '' %}
-                <p class="project-modal-meta">
-                  <strong>Mentors:</strong> {{ mentor_names }}
+                <p class="project-card-role project-card-role--mentor">
+                  <span class="project-card-role-label">Mentors</span>
+                  {{ mentor_names }}
                 </p>
               {% endif %}
-              {% if mentee_names != '' %}
-                <p class="project-modal-meta">
-                  <strong>Mentees:</strong> {{ mentee_names }}
+              {% if project.mentees and project.mentees.size > 0 %}
+                <p class="project-card-role project-card-role--mentee">
+                  <span class="project-card-role-label"
+                    >Mentees ({{ project.mentees.size }})</span
+                  >
+                  {{ mentee_names }}
                 </p>
               {% endif %}
-              {% if project.links and project.links.size > 0 %}
-                <div class="project-modal-links">
-                  <strong>Resources:</strong>
-                  <ul>
-                    {%- for link in project.links -%}
-                      <li>
-                        <a href="{{ link.url }}">{{ link.label }}</a>
-                      </li>
-                    {%- endfor -%}
-                  </ul>
-                </div>
-              {% endif %}
-              <div class="project-modal-proposal">
-                <h6>Project proposal</h6>
-                {{ project.content }}
-              </div>
-            </div>
-            <div class="modal-footer project-modal-actions">
-              <span
-                class="project-copy-status me-auto"
-                aria-live="polite"
-              ></span>
-              <button
-                class="btn btn-primary btn-sm"
-                type="button"
-                data-copy-markdown
-              >
-                Copy as Markdown
-              </button>
             </div>
-          </div>
+          {% endif %}
         </div>
-      </div>
+      </a>
     {% endfor %}
   </div>
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/_layouts/apprentice-batch.html b/_layouts/apprentice-batch.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a38e60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_layouts/apprentice-batch.html
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+layout: default
+---
+{% assign projects = site.apprentice_projects
+  | where: 'batch', page.batch
+  | sort: 'order'
+%}
+
+<h1 class="page-title">{{ page.title }}</h1>
+
+{% include apprentice-project-tabs.html active_batch=page.batch %}
+
+{{ content }}
+
+<h3>Projects</h3>
+
+{% if projects.size > 0 %}
+  {% include project-cards.html projects=projects batch_key=page.batch %}
+{% else %}
+  <p class="text-muted">Projects for this batch will be announced soon.</p>
+{% endif %}
+
+<h3>Publications</h3>
+{% bibliography --file apprenticeship --query @*[batch={{ page.batch }}] %}
diff --git a/_layouts/apprentice-project.html b/_layouts/apprentice-project.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e13502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_layouts/apprentice-project.html
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+---
+layout: default
+---
+<div class="my-4">
+  <h1 class="page-title">{{ page.title }}</h1>
+
+  {% if page.summary %}
+    <p class="text-muted">{{ page.summary }}</p>
+  {% endif %}
+  {% assign mentor_names = page.mentors | map: 'name' %}
+  {% assign mentee_names = page.mentees | map: 'name' %}
+  {% if mentor_names.size > 0 or mentee_names.size > 0 %}
+    <div class="project-modal-team">
+      {% if page.mentors and page.mentors.size > 0 %}
+        <div class="project-modal-role project-modal-role--mentor">
+          <strong class="project-modal-role-label">Mentors:</strong>
+          <div class="d-flex flex-wrap gap-1 mt-1">
+            {%- for person in page.mentors -%}
+              <span class="badge rounded-pill project-modal-pill">
+                {{- person.name -}}
+              </span>
+            {%- endfor -%}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      {% endif %}
+      {% if page.mentees and page.mentees.size > 0 %}
+        <div class="project-modal-role project-modal-role--mentee">
+          <strong class="project-modal-role-label"
+            >Mentees ({{ page.mentees.size }}):</strong
+          >
+          <div class="d-flex flex-wrap gap-1 mt-1">
+            {%- for person in page.mentees -%}
+              <span class="badge rounded-pill project-modal-pill">
+                {{- person.name -}}
+              </span>
+            {%- endfor -%}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      {% endif %}
+    </div>
+  {% endif %}
+  {% if page.links and page.links.size > 0 %}
+    <div class="project-modal-links">
+      <strong>Resources:</strong>
+      <ul>
+        {%- for link in page.links -%}
+          <li>
+            <a href="{{ link.url }}">{{ link.label }}</a>
+          </li>
+        {%- endfor -%}
+      </ul>
+    </div>
+  {% endif %}
+
+  <div class="project-modal-proposal">
+    <h6>Project proposal</h6>
+    {{ content }}
+  </div>
+
+  {% assign batch_projects = site.apprentice_projects
+    | where: 'batch', page.batch
+    | sort: 'order'
+  %}
+  {% assign prev_project = null %}
+  {% assign next_project = null %}
+  {% assign found = false %}
+  {% for p in batch_projects %}
+    {% if found and next_project == null %}
+      {% assign next_project = p %}
+    {% endif %}
+    {% if p.url == page.url %} {% assign found = true %} {% endif %}
+    {% unless found %}
+      {% assign prev_project = p %}
+    {% endunless %}
+  {% endfor %}
+
+  <nav
+    class="post-navigation my-5"
+    role="navigation"
+    aria-label="Project navigation"
+  >
+    <div class="row g-3">
+      <div class="col-md-6">
+        {% if prev_project %}
+          <a
+            href="{{ prev_project.url | relative_url }}"
+            class="post-nav-link post-nav-prev d-flex align-items-center p-3 h-100 text-decoration-none border rounded-3"
+            aria-label="Go to previous project: {{ prev_project.title }}"
+          >
+            <div class="nav-icon me-3">
+              <i class="fas fa-chevron-left" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+            </div>
+            <div class="nav-content text-start">
+              <small class="nav-label d-block text-muted mb-1">Previous</small>
+              <span class="nav-title fw-medium">
+                {{- prev_project.title -}}
+              </span>
+            </div>
+          </a>
+        {% endif %}
+      </div>
+      <div class="col-md-6">
+        {% if next_project %}
+          <a
+            href="{{ next_project.url | relative_url }}"
+            class="post-nav-link post-nav-next d-flex align-items-center p-3 h-100 text-decoration-none border rounded-3"
+            aria-label="Go to next project: {{ next_project.title }}"
+          >
+            <div class="nav-content text-end flex-grow-1">
+              <small class="nav-label d-block text-muted mb-1">Next</small>
+              <span class="nav-title fw-medium">{{ next_project.title }}</span>
+            </div>
+            <div class="nav-icon ms-3">
+              <i class="fas fa-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+            </div>
+          </a>
+        {% endif %}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </nav>
+</div>
diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
index c09fb02..a532cd2 100644
--- a/_layouts/default.html
+++ b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
     {% include navbar.html %}
 
     <main class="flex-grow-1">
+      {% include breadcrumbs.html %}
       <div class="my-2">{{ content }}</div>
     </main>
 
diff --git a/_layouts/page.html b/_layouts/page.html
index 2b630bc..8e1f0c6 100644
--- a/_layouts/page.html
+++ b/_layouts/page.html
@@ -1,23 +1,25 @@
 ---
 layout: default
 ---
-<header>
-  {% if page.thumbnail %}
-    <img
-      src="/assets/images/{{ page.thumbnail }}"
-      class="img-fluid rounded w-100"
-      alt="{{ page.title }}"
-      style="max-height: 330px; object-fit: cover"
-    >
-  {% endif %}
-  {% if page.title %}
-    <h1 class="page-title">{{ page.title }}</h1>
-  {% endif %}
-  {% if page.description %}
-    <p class="page-description text-muted font-italic">
-      {{ page.description }}
-    </p>
-  {% endif %}
-</header>
+{% unless page.hero %}
+  <header>
+    {% if page.thumbnail %}
+      <img
+        src="/assets/images/{{ page.thumbnail }}"
+        class="img-fluid rounded w-100"
+        alt="{{ page.title }}"
+        style="max-height: 330px; object-fit: cover"
+      >
+    {% endif %}
+    {% if page.title %}
+      <h1 class="page-title">{{ page.title }}</h1>
+    {% endif %}
+    {% if page.description %}
+      <p class="page-description text-muted font-italic">
+        {{ page.description }}
+      </p>
+    {% endif %}
+  </header>
+{% endunless %}
 
 {{ content }}
diff --git a/_news/2026-02-01-apprenticeship-kickoff.md b/_news/2026-02-01-apprenticeship-kickoff.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f468672
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_news/2026-02-01-apprenticeship-kickoff.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+---
+
+We kicked off [SEA Crowd Apprentice Program 2026](/apprenticeship) with an exciting orientation session. We will update their progress in the next three months, where our apprentices, under mentorship, push the boundaries of multilingual, multimodal, and efficiency research, with a special focus on Southeast Asian languages.
diff --git a/_pages/apprentice-batch-2025.html b/_pages/apprentice-batch-2025.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7a2d49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_pages/apprentice-batch-2025.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+title: "Batch 2025 Projects"
+permalink: /apprentice-projects/2025/
+layout: apprentice-batch
+batch: 2025
+---
diff --git a/_pages/apprentice-batch-2026.html b/_pages/apprentice-batch-2026.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f298c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_pages/apprentice-batch-2026.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+title: "Batch 2026 Projects"
+permalink: /apprentice-projects/2026/
+layout: apprentice-batch
+batch: 2026
+---
diff --git a/_pages/apprentice-projects.html b/_pages/apprentice-projects.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..217252f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_pages/apprentice-projects.html
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+---
+title: Apprentice Projects
+permalink: /apprentice-projects/
+---
+{% assign batches = site.data.apprentice_batches %}
+{% if batches == null or batches.size == 0 %}
+  {% assign batch_years = site.apprentice_projects
+    | map: 'batch'
+    | uniq
+    | sort
+    | reverse
+  %}
+  {% assign default_batch = batch_years.first %}
+{% else %}
+  {% assign default_batch_obj = batches | where: 'current', true | first %}
+  {% if default_batch_obj == null %}
+    {% assign default_batch_obj = batches.first %}
+  {% endif %}
+  {% assign default_batch = default_batch_obj.year
+    | default: default_batch_obj
+  %}
+{% endif %}
+
+{% assign projects = site.apprentice_projects
+  | where: 'batch', default_batch
+  | sort: 'order'
+%}
+
+{% include apprentice-project-tabs.html active_batch=default_batch %}
+
+<h3>Projects</h3>
+
+{% if projects.size > 0 %}
+  {% include project-cards.html projects=projects batch_key=default_batch %}
+{% else %}
+  <p class="text-muted">Projects for this batch will be announced soon.</p>
+{% endif %}
+
+<h3>Publications</h3>
+{% bibliography --file apprenticeship --query @*[batch={{ default_batch }}] %}
diff --git a/_pages/apprenticeship.md b/_pages/apprenticeship.md
index b00132f..30642bb 100644
--- a/_pages/apprenticeship.md
+++ b/_pages/apprenticeship.md
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 ---
 title: SEACrowd 2026 Apprentice Program
 permalink: /apprenticeship.html
+description: A part-time, remote research program that pairs experienced researchers with early-career researchers across Southeast Asia to build models, datasets, and publishable research.
 form: https://forms.gle/GCv3cyCRqzj4PqfA9
 thumbnail: apprenticeship.png
+hero: true
 faq:
   - title: "What are the key dates for the 2026 Apprentice Program?"
     content: |
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ faq:
       Examples include work on SEA languages, regional datasets, or SEA-specific social or cultural AI challenges.
   - title: "Am I qualified if I speak a language spoken in Southeast Asia, like Thai/Hokkien Chinese/etc?"
     content: |
-      This alone does not qualify you for the program. 
+      This alone does NOT qualify you for the program. 
 
       However, speaking a language from Southeast Asia can help, especially if it informs your research interests. We encourage you to highlight any relevant language skills and how they connect to your research goals in your application.
   - title: "Can I apply as a group/team?"
@@ -93,21 +95,19 @@ faq:
       Email us at [seacrowd.research@gmail.com](mailto:{{ seacrowd.research@gmail.com }}) or join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/XXRHFuvkTA) and ask in the #apprentice-program channel.
 ---
 
-**The application for 2026 Apprentice Program was closed on Dec 17, 2025 at 23:59 (Anywhere on Earth, UTC-12).**
-
-If you would like to be notified of future apprentice batches, please join our [Google Group]({{ site.social.google_group }}) or follow us on [X/Twitter]({{ site.social.twitter }}), [Facebook]({{ site.social.facebook }}), or [LinkedIn]({{ site.social.linkedin }}).
-
----
-
-SEACrowd Apprentice Program is a **remote research program** (Feb 1 - Jun 30, 2026) that pairs experienced researchers with early-career researchers across Southeast Asia to build models, datasets, and publishable research. Small, mentored teams work on scoped projects with structured milestones and community support, creating a clear path toward PhD admissions, jobs, and stronger SEA regional capacity.
-
-Each mentee will join a team of 2–3 mentors (at least 1 [primary mentor](#primary-mentors) and 1 [secondary mentor](#secondary-mentors)) and 2+ fellow mentees to execute a research project over four months. The program emphasizes hands-on experience, mentorship, and peer learning, culminating in a research report, which can turn into paper submission to top AI/ML/NLP conferences as arranged by the team.
+<section class="hero">
+  <h1 class="hero-title">Connecting rising talent<br>with expertise in Southeast Asian AI</h1>
+  <p class="hero-subtitle"> {{ page.description }}</p>
+  <div class="hero-actions">
+    <a href="{{ site.social.google_group }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg">Follow for Updates</a>
+    <a href="/mentors" class="btn btn-outline-secondary btn-lg disabled">Apply as a Mentor (2027)</a>
+  </div>
+  <p class="hero-status">Applications for 2026 were already closed</p>
+</section>
 
 ## 2025 Success Story
 
-Our 2025 cohort featured three apprentice teams who successfully completed their projects, culminating in mentees' first-authored research papers published at the [5th Multilingual Representation Learning Workshop (2025)](https://sigtyp.github.io/ws2025-mrl.html). Check out [their publications](/apprenticeship#past-apprentice-research)!
-
-We shared their journey and our learnings from running the first cohort in our [Retrospective blog post](/posts/apprentice-program-retrospection).
+Our first cohort (2024-2025) featured three apprentice teams who successfully completed their projects, culminating in mentees' first-authored research papers published at the [5th Multilingual Representation Learning Workshop (2025)](https://sigtyp.github.io/ws2025-mrl.html). Check out [their projects](/apprentice-projects/2025/) and [our retrospective post](/posts/apprentice-program-retrospection) running the first cohort.
 
 ## 2026 Research Topics
 
@@ -119,13 +119,13 @@ We offer five cutting-edge research projects:
 4. **Selective Memory Layer Finetuning** - Architectural solutions for continual learning using memory layers
 5. **Knowledge Distillation in Multilingual Vision-Text Models** - Creating compact vision-language embeddings for edge devices
 
-[View detailed project topics →](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSpPtzQYD8flrz9w01uLSADHvXBDtI5WE6ogbnwnpFfl9Y-89SCLsp252tZAYLYa6pimxCBj27UfbR7/pub)
+[View 2026 projects →](/apprentice-projects/2026/)
 
 ## Who Can Apply
 
 There are no formal eligibility or age limits. We’re a growth-first programme and value potential, motivation, and effort more than credentials.
 
-We welcome **anyone** who meets at least one of the following:
+We welcome anyone who can **commit 10+ hours/week** to the program and meets **at least one** of the following:
 
 - Your affiliation (e.g., school, organization, company) is from Southeast Asia (SEA).
 - You were born and raised in SEA (living there more than 10 years).
@@ -136,19 +136,19 @@ and share [our vision](/about#our-vision).
 ### What Increases Your Chances
 
 - Bachelor’s degree with a publication or Master’s degree.
-- Clear AI research goals (pre-PhD programs, early-year PhD, or prior collaboration with mentors).
-- Fit with project topics, capability, motivation, and mentors (assessed via application + interview).
+- Clear AI research goals (pre-doctoral programs, early-year PhD, or prior collaboration with mentors).
+- Fit with project topic, capability, motivation, mentors (assessed via application + interview).
 
 ## What You'll Gain
 
 - **Certificate of achievement** upon completion
 - **Letter of recommendation** for PhD/job applications (for strong contributors)
-- **Potential publication** at top ML/AI/NLP venues (first authorship reserved for project leads)
+- **Potential publication** at top ML/AI/NLP venues. The order of authorship is determined by your actual contribution, and usually first authorship is reserved for project lead.
 - **Mentorship** from experienced AI researchers
 - **Peer network** with similar research interests
 - **Hands-on experience** in collaborative AI research
 
-Check out [previous batch publications](/apprenticeship#past-apprentice-research)!
+Check out [previous batch projects and publications](/apprentice-projects/)!
 
 ## Application Process
 
@@ -203,7 +203,3 @@ Publications are encouraged when ready, not tied to specific conference deadline
 ## FAQs
 
 {% include faq.html id="apprenticeship-faqs" %}
-
-## Past Apprentice Research
-
-{% include apprenticeship-tabs.html %}
diff --git a/_people/my-chiffon-nguyen.md b/_people/my-chiffon-nguyen.md
index 0d4f22b..50705f4 100644
--- a/_people/my-chiffon-nguyen.md
+++ b/_people/my-chiffon-nguyen.md
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ position: "coreteam"
 avatar: "my_chiffon_nguyen.jpg"
 twitter: ""
 sortorder: 2
-job: "Communications"
+job: "Communications (Web Design & Content)"
 site: "https://mychiffonn.com/"
 ---
diff --git a/_projects/2025-seavl-phase-2.md b/_projects/2025-seavl-phase-2.md
index 3ffac8d..d970787 100644
--- a/_projects/2025-seavl-phase-2.md
+++ b/_projects/2025-seavl-phase-2.md
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ title: SEA-VL Phase 2
 thumbnail: seavl-phase2-banner.png
 description: Develop and benchmark an open-source state-of-the-art vision language model (VLM) for Southeast Asia
 fromDate: 2025-03-01
-status: ongoing
+toDate: 2026-01-31
+status: completed
 keywords:
   [
     "SEA-VL",
@@ -18,10 +19,6 @@ keywords:
   ]
 ---
 
-<div class="alert alert-warning text-center" role="alert">
-  Open contributions for tasks 2, 3, 4, and 5 are closed. For faster updates, please consider joining us on <a href="{{ site.social.discord }}" class="alert-link">Discord</a>.
-</div>
-
 After the success of [SEA-VL Phase 1](/projects/2025-seavl-phase-1), we are proud to launch **SEA-VL Phase 2**!
 
 We believe it's high time to create a model that truly understands Southeast Asian culture and language. We want the model to reflect the visual and linguistic richness of the SEA region through diverse contributions: high-quality data curation, annotation, prompting, model training, and evaluation.
@@ -120,10 +117,6 @@ Go to this
 [form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbcxgN_sOqDResVkcj3s7IkYTWI8WDV6dZw0mZOIkH7puNSg/viewform?usp=dialog)
 to contribute.
 
-### Task 6: Submit High-Quality Text Prompts
-
-_(To be opened at a later date)_
-
 ## Contribution Point System for Tasks
 
 Each task has its corresponding point-per-submission, calibrated for task difficulty and its
diff --git a/_sass/_base.scss b/_sass/_base.scss
index 10d3440..c61d528 100644
--- a/_sass/_base.scss
+++ b/_sass/_base.scss
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 
 html {
   scroll-behavior: smooth;
+  overflow-x: hidden;
 }
 
 body {
@@ -249,6 +250,8 @@ table {
   border-collapse: collapse;
   font-size: 0.9rem;
   line-height: 1.5;
+  table-layout: fixed;
+  word-wrap: break-word;
 
   thead {
     border-bottom: 2px solid var(--border);
diff --git a/_sass/_breadcrumbs.scss b/_sass/_breadcrumbs.scss
index 3c814d7..0d2cab9 100644
--- a/_sass/_breadcrumbs.scss
+++ b/_sass/_breadcrumbs.scss
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 .breadcrumb-nav {
-  padding: 0.5rem 0;
+  padding: 0.25rem 0;
   font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
   font-size: 0.7rem;
   text-transform: uppercase;
   font-weight: 300;
-  margin-top: 56px;
 }
 
 .breadcrumb-content {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: 0.4rem;
+  display: inline;
   color: var(--bs-secondary);
 }
 
+.breadcrumb-separator {
+  margin: 0 0.3rem;
+  color: var(--bs-secondary-bg);
+  font-weight: 300;
+}
+
 .breadcrumb-link {
   color: var(--bs-secondary);
   text-decoration: none;
@@ -25,11 +28,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-.breadcrumb-separator {
-  color: var(--bs-secondary-bg);
-  font-weight: 300;
-}
-
 .breadcrumb-current {
   color: var(--bs-secondary);
   font-weight: 400;
@@ -39,8 +37,4 @@
   .breadcrumb-nav {
     font-size: 0.65rem;
   }
-
-  .breadcrumb-content {
-    gap: 0.3rem;
-  }
 }
diff --git a/_sass/_card.scss b/_sass/_card.scss
index fe65cdc..0e5ecaa 100644
--- a/_sass/_card.scss
+++ b/_sass/_card.scss
@@ -131,16 +131,42 @@
   line-height: 1.3;
 }
 
-.project-card-meta {
+.project-card-summary {
   margin: 0;
-  font-size: 0.85rem;
   color: var(--muted-foreground);
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
 }
 
-.project-card-summary {
+.project-card-team {
+  margin-top: auto;
+  padding-top: 0.5rem;
+  border-top: 1px solid color-mix(in oklch, var(--border) 50%, transparent);
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0.3rem;
+}
+
+.project-card-role {
   margin: 0;
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
+  line-height: 1.4;
   color: var(--muted-foreground);
-  font-size: 0.9rem;
+}
+
+.project-card-role-label {
+  font-weight: 600;
+  font-size: 0.7rem;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  letter-spacing: 0.03em;
+  margin-right: 0.2rem;
+}
+
+.project-card-role--mentor .project-card-role-label {
+  color: var(--primary);
+}
+
+.project-card-role--mentee .project-card-role-label {
+  color: var(--secondary);
 }
 
 .project-card-cta {
diff --git a/_sass/_pages.scss b/_sass/_pages.scss
index a46882c..b0e85ee 100644
--- a/_sass/_pages.scss
+++ b/_sass/_pages.scss
@@ -10,6 +10,69 @@
   margin-bottom: 2rem;
 }
 
+.hero {
+  text-align: center;
+  padding: 4rem 1.5rem;
+  margin: -0.5rem -1rem 2rem;
+  background: color-mix(in oklch, var(--secondary) 8%, var(--background));
+}
+
+.hero-badge {
+  display: inline-block;
+  padding: 0.4rem 1.2rem;
+  border-radius: 2rem;
+  background: var(--secondary);
+  color: var(--secondary-foreground);
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
+}
+
+.hero-title {
+  font-size: 2.25rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  line-height: 1.25;
+  margin-bottom: 1.25rem;
+  color: var(--foreground);
+}
+
+.hero-subtitle {
+  max-width: 700px;
+  margin: 0 auto 2rem;
+  font-size: 1.05rem;
+  line-height: 1.6;
+  color: var(--muted-foreground);
+}
+
+.hero-actions {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 1rem;
+  justify-content: center;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
+}
+
+.hero-status {
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  color: var(--muted-foreground);
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 600px) {
+  .hero {
+    padding: 2.5rem 1rem;
+  }
+  .hero-title {
+    font-size: 1.5rem;
+  }
+  .hero-subtitle {
+    font-size: 0.95rem;
+  }
+  .hero-actions .btn {
+    width: 100%;
+  }
+}
+
 #project-navigation {
   .project-aside-title {
     border-bottom: 1px solid;
diff --git a/_sass/_projects.scss b/_sass/_projects.scss
index 553b47a..f1ec3b1 100644
--- a/_sass/_projects.scss
+++ b/_sass/_projects.scss
@@ -14,8 +14,27 @@
   color: var(--muted-foreground);
 }
 
-.project-modal-meta {
-  margin-bottom: 0.35rem;
+.project-modal-role {
+  margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
+
+  &:last-child {
+    margin-bottom: 0;
+  }
+}
+
+.project-modal-role-label {
+  color: var(--primary);
+}
+
+.project-modal-role--mentee .project-modal-role-label {
+  color: var(--secondary);
+}
+
+.project-modal-pill {
+  font-weight: 400;
+  color: var(--foreground);
+  background-color: var(--bs-tertiary-bg);
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
 }
 
 .project-modal-links ul {