Politics

Hopes for the sector’s future hinge on making our story everyone’s story

Post-election expectations are running higher than the probable reality – but the sector does have a chance to raise...

JL Dutaut
Tim Leunig
Funding

The next government must set up a commission on tertiary education

The Lifelong Learning Entitlement is an opportunity to rethink our model of skills development and remove the barriers to...

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Angela Halston
The Staffroom - opinion

Co-curating the curriculum with GCSE English re-sit students

Offering my students choices over the texts and themes we focused on motivated them so well I’m taking the...

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Matthew Ruddle
Election 2024

The Skills Deceit: How stagnant policy thinking is holding the sector back

We can’t keep pretending the same old thinking is going to get FE out of the perennial challenges that...

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Mark Dawe
Election 2024

How do the manifestos stack up on further education and skills?

Labour’s manifesto offers the strongest proposition on skills and apprenticeships – but it will take cash and courage to...

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Iain Mansfield
Election 2024

Local skills plans need evolution, not revolution from the next government

A new report offers early insight on how LSIPs can be supported and further improved to ensure they have...

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Claire Russell
Curriculum

Character education is vital and should be explicitly taught

Amid rapid change, uncertainty and a mental health crisis, character education has never been more important to our role...

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Rebecca Tigue
Careers

What we need from a revived national careers service policy

It’s great to see the idea of a national careers service revived after it was canned a decade ago....

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Christine Doubleday
Election 2024, The Staffroom - opinion

The election is a chance to empower our learners to improve their lives

Colleges have a vital role in encouraging political engagement among their learners. Here’s how we’re doing that while remaining...

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Shakira Martin