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
The Staffroom - opinion

Everyone’s a writer nowadays, even if we don’t realise it 

Writing is a skill utilised now more than ever so we should be driving standards up, not down

Jessica Hill
Pete Middleton
student finances

Let colleges finish the job started by the pupil premium

Schools have proved pupil premium funding works, so don’t turn off the taps at 16

Jessica Hill
David Hughes and Dr Alice Eardley
Apprenticeships

Apprentices are struggling: What employers can do to support them

Apprenticeships have long been a valuable pathway into skilled professions but in recent years the model has faced significant...

Jessica Hill
James Kimble
Colleges

Colleges are well placed to help break the cycles of crime

We’re exploring what FE colleges can do to help prison leavers rehabilitate and build meaningful careers

Jessica Hill
Nina Champion
The Staffroom - opinion

Summing up Multiply as we bid it goodbye

Multiply divided opinion, but does it really add up to end the scheme while so many still struggle with...

Jessica Hill
Peter Whitehead
Long read

Attending to the problem

Exclusive data reveals student absenteeism has got worse across further education since the Covid lockdowns – but colleges are...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
misogyny

We can’t leave Andrew Tate to educate our working-class boys

After years of society identifying young men as a problem, we must realise patriarchal structures hurt them too

Jessica Hill
Dr Alex Blower
financial literacy

Amid cuts to adult education we must focus on financial literacy

Many adults struggle with financial literacy – let’s make sure that adults skills funding cuts and the end of...

Jessica Hill
Rachel Staples