Profiles

Interview: Jon Collins

Jon Collins, who is six months in as chief executive of the Prisoners’ Education Trust, explains how prison teachers...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Opinion

Make Black history matter for the other 334 days of the year

New networks in college are having a ripple effect, writes Arv Kaushal We make a big fuss of our...

Jess Staufenberg
Arv Kaushal
Opinion

The system should recognise successful college drop-outs

Successful outcomes should not just be grade-related, writes Alfie Payne I loved being in education, so when I had...

Jess Staufenberg
Alfie Payne
Opinion

Double the cash incentives so more young people do apprenticeships

Since apprenticeship reforms, providers have had to front up more of the costs, writes Jane Hickie The pandemic has...

Jess Staufenberg
Jane Hickie
Staffroom - Opinion

FE’s educational ethos is being overshadowed by market logic

The vocabulary of employability and finance is taking over, writes Zahid Naz In recent years there has been a...

Jess Staufenberg
Zahid Naz
Opinion

Let’s have a collective post-18 system for HE and FE

The lifelong loan entitlement will fail if policy doesn’t remove other barriers for students, writes Tim Blackman Colleges Week...

Jess Staufenberg
Tim Blackman
Profiles

Interview: Baroness Tina Stowell

Baroness Stowell is a born-and-bred FE college alumna from the Midlands who ended up leading the House of Lords....

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Staffroom - Opinion

Paperwork threatens to take over the job I love

If all the documentation doesn’t benefit the apprentice, why is it necessary? asks Tim McHanwell I’m going to start...

Jess Staufenberg
Tim McHanwell
Opinion

Don’t confuse the Baker clause with actual careers guidance

Media reports about the Baker clause fail to understand it’s only one part of the careers guidance picture, writes...

Jess Staufenberg
Janet Colledge