Opinion

New ministers: change universal credit rules so people can skill up

People on universal credit say work coaches don’t engage properly and rules stop them from accessing training, write Trinley...

Jess Staufenberg
Trinley Walker and Olivia Gable
Opinion

How do you go from ‘just’ a clerk to a great clerk?

Governance professionals like clerks aren’t there to set the strategic direction of a college. But they can still create...

Jess Staufenberg
Lisa Farnhill
Opinion

Labour needs another Wilsonian ‘white heat of technology’ moment  

Radicalism and realism will help the party to win the next general election, argues Tom Bewick In October 1963,...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Opinion

How the Truss government could boost skills – without committing any new money

Funding and contracting rules are too bloated and bureaucratic for a start, writes Jane Hickie The new Truss government...

Jess Staufenberg
Jane Hickie
Profiles

Bernie Savage, vice president for FE, National Union of Students

Bernie Savage, the new vice president for FE at the NUS, was blown away by her time in a...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Inclusion, Staffroom - Opinion

Is equality and diversity still the elephant in the room?

From data policies to wellbeing, don’t let the enthusiasm for diversity die, writes Haroon Bashir After the murder of...

Jess Staufenberg
Haroon Bashir
Opinion

Dear Kit: Colleges are not respected enough in Whitehall

A manifestation of the lack of trust is that colleges are one of the most regulated parts of the...

Jess Staufenberg
David Hughes
Devolution

Further education is at the heart of the East Midlands devolution deal

The new deal means working closely with education providers to create new career pathways, writes Ben Bradley On the...

Jess Staufenberg
Ben Bradley
Profiles

Martin Sim, principal, City College Southampton

Martin Sim, deputy FE commissioner and now emergency principal at City College Southampton, has done some of the toughest...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg