Long read

The FE fashion school where change is always on trend

Fashion Retail Academy principal Lee Lucas on the impact of 20 years of industry transformation- from physical shops to...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships

Wolf’s apprenticeship proposals would be a devolution howler

Employers are best placed to lead training needs – and Baroness Alison Wolf’s idea of devolving funding to local...

Jessica Hill
Ben Rowland
The Staffroom - opinion

Shifting the FE college culture to a four-day teaching week

South Essex College Group was the first known college group to roll out a four-day teaching week. Two years...

Jessica Hill
Adam Fahey
GCSE resits

More targeted interventions are key to GCSE resit success

A one-year ‘GCSE step’ course would better support those resit students that are furthest behind

Jessica Hill
Dr Alice Eardley
Apprenticeships

Degree apprenticeships are affordable and vital for growth

Depriving graduates of apprenticeship opportunities helps no one and will stifle productivity

Jessica Hill
Tom Bewick
Long read, Skills reform

Unions could strike back with post-Tory learning fund revival

Gavin Williamson blitzed it but government-backed union training could return under a new guise now Labour holds power. By...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
AI

Hello Future: How we in FE can shape our own AI revolution

As AI transforms FE, we stand at a crossroads where those who lean in can influence the future and...

Jessica Hill
Debra Gray
Skills reform

AI skills: Building a workforce for the future

As the government lays out its blueprint to turbocharge AI, skills minister Jacqui Smith sets out the steps being...

Jessica Hill
Jacqui Smith
Long read

A day in the life of the head of a small specialist college

Clare Scattergood’s job title underplays the myriad roles she performs at her small independent specialist college in Birmingham –...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill