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‘Skills and Learning Community Education’

Stronger learners start with supported educators

Further Education (FE) and skills professionals show up every day to change lives. They problem-solve, multi-task and can carry the weight of rising expectations with resilience and creativity. But this often leaves little time to pause, reflect, connect and grow. The FE and skills sector is driven by the power of learning. Yet the uncomfortable truth is that continuous professional development (CPD) often slips to the edges of the working week. And when that happens, everyone misses out.

News, Sponsored post, Sponsored post

Students must be more Kendrick, less Drake with their learning

Generative AI hasn’t just broken the essay; it has exposed the hollow core of default assessment. To fix it, we must look to a French philosopher and the modern masters of intentional writing

Opinion, AI

FE leaders must work together on AI to deliver what students need

A sector-wide approach to AI is vital to overcome the barriers created by funding, time and capacity constraints

Opinion, AI

Day in the life with hairdressing lecturer Lisa Charles

Lisa Charles was proud to be named Pearson National Teaching Awards FE lecturer of the year. But though teaching hairdressing is the core job, she reveals it’s the pastoral care she provides for her students that’s often her most important task

Profiles, Colleges, Long read

ESOL addresses skills shortages; cutting it’s counterproductive

National policy around improving people’s English needs a sharper focus or it risks being undermined by opposition at regional and local level

Opinion, ESOL

How a £25m crisis and intervention forced us to rebuild – and made Brooklands stronger

Six years under FE Commissioner intervention pushed our college to the brink. But the debt, disruption and scrutiny forged a new culture, a new identity and a renewed confidence, proving that intervention can be transformative

Opinion, Colleges

ESOL cuts are legal, lawyers tell Reform mayor

The mayor says funding for ESOL will be redirected at more ‘inclusive’ adult education

News, Adult education

SEND first class: How groundbreaking partnership are rethinking SEND support

The Sutton Life Centre is one of several partnerships between colleges and external partners, where SEND learners are prepared not only to access education, but to build a future beyond it

Feature, News, Long read, SEND

FE and skills must be at the heart of curriculum reforms

A coherent tertiary system requires FE to be a partner, not a passenger. To close attainment gaps and respond to technological change, the FE sector must be central to curriculum design, assessment reform and the future workforce strategy

Opinion, Colleges