Profiles

Gill Alton, chief executive, TEC Partnership

After 35 years in the sector, Gill Alton, CEO of TEC Partnership, retired last Friday. She talks to Jess...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Staffroom - Opinion

Staff voices get marginalised in hierarchical workforces

Lecturers for ‘lower ability’ groups are sometimes not treated with the same respect as A-level staff, writes Chantal Brown...

Jess Staufenberg
Chantal Brown
Levelling Up

Royal charter status for IoTs needs more detailed thought

Royal charter status is not the quick win it at first appears, writes Mark Taylor The levelling up white...

Jess Staufenberg
Mark Taylor
Higher education

Is the Teaching Excellence Framework useful – or just another audit burden?

FE providers already evidencing excellence might not need another framework, writes Stephen Corbett The introduction of the Teaching Excellence...

Jess Staufenberg
Stephen Corbett
Opinion

Focus on adult education is promising – but lacks ambition

It is also surprising the levelling up white paper has so little to say on green skills, write Aveek...

Jess Staufenberg
Aveek Bhattacharya and Amy Norman
Levelling Up

Elite sixth forms: is there room for optimism?

Let’s have ‘elite sixth forms’ for hospitality, catering, caring and so on, writes Ben Gadsby My New Year’s resolution...

Jess Staufenberg
Ben Gadsby
Opinion

Disabled students are still being segregated within FE institutions

Funding to support SEND learners is being used to separate them from peers, writes Simone Aspis You may or...

Jess Staufenberg
Simone Aspis
Profiles

Introducing… Simon Parkinson

Simon Parkinson, chief executive and general secretary of the Workers’ Educational Association, has been a lifelong learner himself. He...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Apprenticeships

Switching off Treasury cash for apprenticeships is a big mistake

Many of the same problems plague the apprenticeships system as a decade ago. We need a big review, writes...

Jess Staufenberg
Tom Bewick