T Levels

Everyone’s T’eed off, so let’s dig in to make T Levels work

It’s gone from bad to worse for T Levels but there's a route to recovery for education’s battered ‘gold...

Jessica Hill
James Scott
Apprenticeships

We’re driving apprenticeships forward and speeding past 60

The sector should be proud after pushing QAR rates up through collaboration and sheer hard work

Jessica Hill
Ben Rowland
The Staffroom - opinion

Being an effective ally for the 5%

Words are cheap if they’re not backed by action. There are questions managers should be asking themselves about equality

Jessica Hill
Haroon Bashir
Skills funding

FE should brace itself for Austerity 2.0

Spring Statement spelt doom for our sector, however much it was dressed up

Jessica Hill
Tom Bewick
Construction skills

Qualification challenges threaten government’s housing mission

Too few college construction courses equip learners with the skills employers need, leaving many unprepared for work

Jessica Hill
Neil Jefferson
Colleges

The 50-hour work experience policy: Ambition versus reality

How the government’s vision of 50 hours of work experience for every school and college student might be realised

Jessica Hill
Mark de Backer
Skills reform

Labour’s youth policy challenge: Avoid short-termism for real change

We're seeing risks of Labour falling into the trap of policy initiatives and short-termism over strategic long-term change management

Jessica Hill
Laura-Jane Rawlings
Functional skills

Use reform to tailor functional skills to industry needs

We use our expertise to determine minimum literacy and numeracy levels for each apprenticeship we offer

Jessica Hill
Mike Worley
Long read

A new hope for UTCs

Despite being written off as a failure by Michael Gove, Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi believes university technical colleges...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill