Inclusion, The Staffroom - opinion

Do you know how to support a student with a recent autism diagnosis?

As a member of staff with Asperger’s Syndrome, I have first-hand experience of the kind of support that can...

Jess Staufenberg
Harry Empsall
Skills reform

The funding consultation doesn’t tackle our biggest challenges – but there’s hope

FE desperately needs simplified funding lines but this consultation must go further, writes Marguerite Hogg It didn’t seem like...

Jess Staufenberg
Marguerite Hogg
Adult education, Politics

Adult literacy must be top of the new PM’s despatch box

Changes in government policy and funding in the last decade have reversed previous positive trends, writes Robert Glick We...

Jess Staufenberg
Robert Glick
Ofqual

The future is digital – but not exclusively so

Technology will help us improve assessment for certain courses and groups of pupils, writes Jo Saxton, but we won’t...

Jess Staufenberg
Jo Saxton
Assessment

A one-size-fits-all approach to assessment undermines equity and diversity

We need assessment settings and systems that give students what they need based on a careful and methodical attention...

Jess Staufenberg
Jeff Greenidge
Opinion

So it’s GCSE results day – but where are BTEC results?

As thousands of students celebrate results today, another cohort feel forgotten – and not for the first time, writes...

Jess Staufenberg
Alice Barnard
Opinion

We are working with a fraction of the prisoners we could be

The next prime minister must take radical action on prison education as evidence shows education providers face multiple barriers,...

Jess Staufenberg
Peter Brammall
Results 2022, T Levels

T Level results are welcome but need further scrutiny

Almost a third of T Level students did not receive their university offer which merits closer investigation, writes Lisa...

Jess Staufenberg
Lisa Morrison Coulthard