FAB Tim’s Cheeky past Tim Bennett-Hart has always danced to his own tune – playing in a band with a filthy name and helping write songs for popstars like The Cheeky Girls. He tells Jessica Hill how he’ll bring his optimistic outlook to his new role as Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB) chair
Call the Doctor… our tutorials are being treated like a TARDIS More demands are being made of tutorial time – to the point that college teams are being asked to defy the laws of time and space
In a saturated jobs market qualifications aren’t enough When more than 700,000 graduates are unemployed, we must ensure students get work experience and can articulate the employability skills they develop
SEND reforms are another burden that could make teachers boil over Reforms promise inclusion and high standards, but quietly shift yet more responsibility onto college staff already under strain
I’ll say it in plain English…cutting ESOL damages us all Lincolnshire’s move to cut English language learning for non-English speakers won’t help the region’s economy, and a literacy programme is no replacement
Year in construction is teaching me how we can build up women My course is a pause after burning out at medical school and it’s shown me that feelings of belonging are created by small signals
Teacher training reform is being built with genuine collaboration The FE initial teacher education reforms are proving a rare thing in education policy: change shaped with the sector, not imposed upon it. That spirit of shared ownership may be the most important reform of all
As we enter age of agentic AI everyone becomes a manager The next phase of AI shifts human value away from execution and towards judgment, goal clarity and oversight – and students need to be prepared
FE needs senior women to share their real stories In FE, women don’t lack ambition or ability but honest stories about what senior leadership really looks like