Author: Jess Staufenberg

We beat NASA to win a top technology award because of our innovative software for learners, writes Matt Jarvis The idea of “skill” dates back to the 13th century, when the word usually referred to physical co-ordination and denoted learnt rather than innate abilities. The idea was radical in an era when abilities were generally […]

Suggestions that training spend should be limited to those with the lowest qualifications are misguided, writes Mandy Crawford-Lee In the past couple of months, there has been some very useful analysis out from the Learning and Work Institute (LWI). This includes one of its most recent reports called ‘Raising the Bar’, on the lack of […]

The government must encourage employers to invest, not just benefit from, the skills system, writes David Phoenix We currently have a higher education bill, a levelling-up and regeneration bill. A key plank in delivering on these linked agendas will be skills delivery. Yet we still lack explicit details about the further rolling out of local […]

Completing a qualification, however successfully, is inadequate preparation for students entering the world of work, writes Fredericka McFarlane We all know the economy and employment landscape are changing rapidly, and that this is hugely relevant to what we teach to our students. Yet a clear disconnect exists between the curriculum and the real-world application of […]

The cost of living crisis means the government must act quickly to tackle the barriers to apprenticeship uptake, writes Suzanne Straw Apprenticeships are a key training route to help young people enter the labour market. They also have the potential to act as a vehicle for social mobility. However, our latest research highlights myriad barriers […]