Politics

Devolution is not incompatible with learner demand – but it is a barrier

Mark Dawe channels Bon Jovi to make the case for putting learners in charge of how further education is...

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Mark Dawe
Politics

What Labour and Lib Dems can learn from Singapore’s SkillsFuture Credit scheme

Singapore’s example shows individual learner accounts can work and don’t need to wait for central government to be tried...

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Aidan Relf
Apprenticeships

Gateway is a ‘no man’s land’ that leaves apprentices vulnerable

Caught between completion and assessment, too many apprentices are left to an inadequate support system

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Kerry Boffey
Staffroom - Opinion

You’re never too young (or too old) for honest self-appraisal

Learners must understand their strengths and weaknesses to find fulfilling avenues for their talents - and so do we

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Liam Perkins
Policy

8 reasons we shouldn’t use the term ‘provider’ – and what we could say instead

The term ‘provider’ is problematic and we need a new and better one to replace it in our lexicon...

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Sue Pember
Legal

How colleges can foster safe engagement with the Israel/Palestine conflict

The legal framework is complex but can help colleges strike a difficult balance between freedom of speech and ...

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Smita Jamdar and Tom Long
Reclassification

Reclassification one year on: Capital, control and confusion

It’s been twelve months since colleges were returned to the public sector and colleges must learn to live with...

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Julian Gravatt
Adult education

Adults need a different approach to English and maths than the one that failed them

The current model is sacrificing the skills they need in the name of the qualifications we want them to...

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Dipa Ganguli
Staffroom - Opinion

We must redefine post-Covid learners to embrace and celebrate their skills

Too much of our post-Covid narrative is about what learners have lost rather than what they have gained

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Charlie Simmans