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What quality work placements look like

Early reports into the efficacy of work placements suggest that they’ll be tough to get right, writes Bill Esmond...

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The DfE’s blanket BAME strategy is cloth-eared

The government’s strategy to increase BAME participation in further and higher education ignores important differences between ethnic groups, argues...

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What’s so good about mega FE colleges?

Andy Wilson, who heads up one of the largest college groups in the country, explains why size does matter...

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What should the maths component of T-levels look like?

Much expert research and development has already been carried out into maths in technical education – let’s not reinvent...

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SPONSORED: Tech trailblazers – FE colleges leading the way

Using technology to assist the delivery of an engaging education experience is no longer a luxury — it’s a...

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Healthy organisations need healthy leaders

The whole character of an institution is shaped by its leaders’ ethics, writes Dame Ruth Silver Leadership and mental...

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Whitehall can’t manage apprenticeship reforms alone

The reforms to apprenticeships have so far been demonstrably disastrous, says Simon Ashworth, who is pleading for a serious...

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Levy cash must be used to widen access to apprenticeships

The AoC’s Teresa Frith believes that the chancellor should make tweaks to apprenticeship funding, rather than wholesale changes Apprenticeships...

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Machiavellian advice for college principals

Principals are often maligned, but they’re only mirroring government policy, argues Damien Page It is not hard to find...

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