16-19, Qualifications, Skills reform

We need to deliver a new V Level vision for Level 3

The new qualification family promises to simplify the post-16 landscape, but success will depend on how well we protect...

Jessica Hill
Lisa O'Loughlin and John Laramy
Colleges

We don’t need a school-style enrichment framework, we need one built for FE

In an age of social media anxiety and digital overload, enrichment shouldn't be a luxury – it’s how we...

Jessica Hill
Lisa Humphries
Adult education, Long read

The wounded mothership: the WEA navigates adult education’s new era

Jessica Hill meets the WEA’s chief executive Simon Parkinson at the group’s new Brighton base to hear how the...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Higher education, Skills reform

Don’t knock pathways – they’re a front door to higher education

Foundation years and CertHEs suffer an image problem, but they foster collaboration between FE and HE and ensure students...

Jessica Hill
Gianina Harvey-Brewin
workforce shortages

Nuclear needs people power

With one in three workers nearing retirement and too few recruits in the pipeline, the nuclear industry’s biggest challenge...

Jessica Hill
Mark Rouse
SEND

Ofsted inclusion 2.0: Making space for learners without EHCPs

Ofsted’s new inclusion rules demand that every educator – not just SENCos – adapts learning in real time. It’s...

Jessica Hill
Chris Quickfall
The Staffroom - opinion

When flags divide instead of unite, FE must help rebuild belonging

As national identity becomes a battleground, FE must show what true unity looks like: diverse, empathetic and brave enough...

Jessica Hill
Haroon Bashir
workforce development

Workforce development needed to achieve white paper’s tertiary vision

The post-16 education and skills white paper seeks a unified tertiary system but a single framework for teaching is...

Jessica Hill
Dr Katerina Kolyva
Apprenticeships

Changing how we deliver teaching will ease FE’s workforce crisis

Success with online learning during the delivery of bootcamps shows how a hybrid model can solve staffing shortages

Jessica Hill
Mark Dawe