Opinion

UTCs could survive by extending year groups beyond age 18

Many struggling UTCs are lowering their age of entry, but they could have more impact by going the other...

Jess Staufenberg
David Phoenix
Apprenticeships

Talking about a ‘middle-class’ grab on apprenticeships could send the wrong message

The claim suggests a scarcity of apprenticeships and that only working-class people should do them, writes David Gallagher Gillian...

Jess Staufenberg
David Gallagher
Opinion

The Church of England wants to serve a new generation as we have always done

The Church of England isn’t trying to infiltrate FE colleges in some secret plan, as suggested by two secularists,...

Jess Staufenberg
Nigel Genders
Opinion

Here’s what you need to know about staff with ‘gender critical’ views

A landmark judgment has ruled that it is lawful to hold a belief that may offend or shock others,...

Jess Staufenberg
Jane Hallas
Opinion

This is why a ‘digital Baker clause’ is needed

Students will expect to access all the information about their future options in one place online, writes Katie Bell...

Jess Staufenberg
Katie Bell
Profiles

The Interview: Roger Taylor

Roger Taylor, the former chair of Ofqual, who oversaw the grades fiasco last summer, has spent much of his...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Opinion

The DfE is focused on learning but a tsunami of need is upon us

At the Westminster Insight SEND conference, Sonia Blandford says the government is ignoring a worrying rise in SEND and...

Jess Staufenberg
Professor Sonia Blandford
Feature, News

Should length of tenure for CEOs and chairs be limited?

College leadership failings continue to prove costly, and the education secretary is now seeking greater powers to take more...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Opinion

The U-turn on randomised control trials is bad news for FE

Randomised control trials are the answer to FE’s biggest questions, writes Ben Gadsby I have a confession: My name...

Jess Staufenberg
Ben Gadsby