Governance

FE’s reputation on the line: learning from Weston governance failures

The damning FE commissioner report on Weston College revealed shocking lack of transparency in senior pay and governance. For...

Jessica Hill
David Hughes
Online harms

Adolescence is a wake-up call: Are we equipping young people for online realities?

We need to go beyond qualifications to tackle the toxic masculinity, online radicalisation and debt crises ruining young lives

Jessica Hill
Heather Akehurst
Access to HE

Access to HE: a life changing qualification hiding in plain sight

Access to HE graduates achieve great success but few people know about the courses, and too many students quit

Jessica Hill
Fabienne Bailey
Day in the life

Averil Young, senior lecturer and union rep

Averil Young reveals how she makes numbers meaningful to construction students – and is building up young women and...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
NEET support

Our data sharing fears hamper support of NEET young people

Fear and misunderstanding over GDPR is holding back NEET reduction efforts

Jessica Hill
Venugopal Agrawal
Governance

FE governance leads the way—It’s time to say it out loud

Higher education is learning from our example but we mustn’t let gains from hard work slip away

Jessica Hill
Ian Valvona
Social media influencers

Navigating Adolescence: Young Lives, Young Futures in a social media age

As young people increasingly turn to online influencers for guidance, the need for real-world support has never been greater

Jessica Hill
Olly Newton
Inclusion

Right-wing backlash against gender diversity could fuel conflict in FE

With global politics fuelling discrimination against transgender and gender-diverse individuals, FE institutions must take urgent steps to foster inclusion

Jessica Hill
Che Young (they/them)
Entrepreneurial skills

Embed enterprise education into college curriculums

Young people are keen to run their own businesses but we’re not giving them the skills and experience they...

Jessica Hill
Tina McKenzie