Opinion

Here is a 7-point checklist to make sure the impending FE White Paper doesn’t fail

If the long-anticipated White Paper doesn’t recognise the needs of 2021, then it will fail like so many initiatives...

Jess Staufenberg
Mark Dawe and Tim Blackman
Opinion, Uncategorized

We must steady the ship after the government’s half U-turn

After a week at sea like no other, the next big challenge is teacher-assessed grades, writes David Hughes This...

Jess Staufenberg
David Hughes
Opinion, Uncategorized

Thank you to everyone in FE for your extraordinary efforts

Virtual visits during lockdown have revealed many excellent practices to tackle Covid-19 in colleges, writes Gillian Keegan There has...

Jess Staufenberg
Gillian Keegan
Feature, News

‘We will not be the same because of this’: How colleges coped with Covid

After a gruelling first term, college staff spill the beans on how they have dealt with a period in...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Opinion

Staff must share their new resources with the whole sector

We need to identify and pool the ‘gems’ that staff have drummed up under lockdown, writes Linsey Taylor Prior...

Jess Staufenberg
Linsey Taylor
Opinion

Decade-long projects can truly make changes for BAME staff and learners

Funding projects with long-term goals have a better chance of improving diversity and inclusion, writes Janet Curtis-Broni As we...

Jess Staufenberg
Janet Curtis-Broni
Opinion, Uncategorized

We must not confuse competition with choice

For most other European countries, education is deemed too important to leave to market forces, writes David Corke Today...

Jess Staufenberg
David Corke
Profiles

Introducing…David Phoenix

David Phoenix, a scientist who heads a group bringing together FE, HE and academies, shows why experimenting with a...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Opinion

This is why we should delay the white paper even longer

The government should start again with a green paper for an FE strategy that stands the test of time,...

Jess Staufenberg
Stephen Evans