Opinion

Unemployment is about to rise – ministers must drop plans to cut Universal Credit

With the job retention scheme about to end, unemployment will increase, writes Duncan Melville There is good news and...

Jess Staufenberg
Duncan Melville
The Staffroom - opinion

I have sometimes felt I am just a money generator for college

A “bums on seats” mentality in FE can result in more focus on spreadsheets than on human relationships, writes...

Jess Staufenberg
Jason Boucher
Colleges, Long read

Focus feature: College improvement

How do you improve a college with a demoralised staff, a financial notice, a bad Ofsted and a haemorrhaging...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Opinion

Welcome to the white land of FE, Nadhim Zahawi

When the Cabinet is more ethnically diverse than FE leadership, the sector should be ashamed, writes Andy Forbes Well,...

Jess Staufenberg
Andy Forbes
Opinion

Prison education: Too many reviews, too little action

Let prisoners have a say in changes to prison education too, writes Jon Collins Prison education has suffered more...

Jess Staufenberg
Jon Collins
Opinion

Ethnic minority learner numbers on the construction T Level are actually quite good

Ethnic minority students on the construction T Level is above the industry average – but scrapping the BTEC could...

Jess Staufenberg
Hassana Ahmed
The Staffroom - opinion

Management, I advise you to trust your staff

Show faith in your staff, and support them to trial innovation, writes Laura Kayes Like my colleagues across the...

Jess Staufenberg
Laura Kayes
Opinion

New secretary of state, new choices

What's in store for the new education secretary as he settles in at DfE?

Jess Staufenberg
Shane Chowen
Opinion

Any focus on learning outcomes needs a long-term learning strategy

Nadhim Zahawi needs to think carefully about what outcomes we want to measure and what the long-term plan is,...

Jess Staufenberg
Stephen Evans