Apprenticeships

Britain needs fewer rip-off degrees and more apprentices

It’s time to turbo-charge apprenticeships and give young people real choice about their futures

Jessica Hill
Saqib Bhatti MP
Colleges, Long read

Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail

More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Adult education

Essential skills are the missing test of the skills white paper

Reforms to help more adults read, write and get online are welcome, but reversing a 60% drop in participation...

Jessica Hill
Alex Stevenson
The Staffroom - opinion

A top football coach gives us lessons to learn – and avoid

Like Premier League leaders Arsenal, good teachers rely on great set pieces, but the real magic happens in the...

Jessica Hill
Clare Dignum
V Levels

V Levels ambition will outrun reality unless we slow down

The proposed post-16 landscape looks more coherent than ever after years of false starts, but providers need more clarity,...

Jessica Hill
Michael Lemin
Apprenticeships

There’s an easy way to stop some small firms shunning apprentices

The government’s apprenticeship growth ambitions sound bold. But without serious engagement from the small and medium-sized employers who create...

Jessica Hill
Alice Gardner
Skills reform

Britain’s clean energy plans are racing ahead, its skills system is miles behind

Billions are being invested in offshore wind, hydrogen and nuclear, but without a national clean energy skills ecosystem the...

Jessica Hill
Members of the National Energy Skills Consortium (NESC)
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships are heading for a cliff edge, and ministers should know where it leads

Tilting levy funding towards younger learners may sound simple, but blunt cuts and cliff-edge defunding would choke off progression,...

Jessica Hill
Ben Rowland
Long read, Politics

Kim Leadbeater MP

Sport-mad MP Kim Leadbeater, who entered politics after the murder of her sister Jo Cox, tells Jessica Hill she...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill