Skills shortages

The benefits of brokering NHS partnerships are innumerable. Get started now!

Top-level partnership between our college and local NHS trust have been transformative for our learners and could do the...

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Bill Webster
recruitment

Workforce data indicates little prospect of staff shortages improving any time soon

In the absence of concerted policy action, FE staff shortages are unlikely to improve in the coming years, say...

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Luke Bocock and Dawson McLean
Adult education

How our pick n’ mix approach to adult learning is delivering for Calderdale

Taking inspiration from Woolworth’s iconic sweet stand has helped us create an inclusive, flexible, and industry-aligned program, writes Naseem...

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Naseem Aqeel
Apprenticeships

Our apprenticeships system needs to adapt to become sustainable

Apprenticeships are increasingly challenging to deliver but some simple changes could shore up our system, writes Graham Hasting-Evans

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Graham Hasting-Evans
RAAC

How long can FE avoid the predictable results of unpredictable funding?

Only a return to predictable capital investment will prevent crises like the one engulfing schools from happening in our...

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Jerry White
Policy

Investing in elite post-16 education is a wasted opportunity

What about all the students who are already being left behind by the academic school system, asks Colin Booth

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Colin Booth
Workforce

New FE workforce data reveals a significant recruitment challenge

The NFER's Dawson McLean and Lisa Morrison Coulthard pick out key findings from the first DfE collection of FE...

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Dawson McLean and Lisa Morrison Coulthard
Higher education

Rip-off degrees might not be the ones people think they are

What if the biggest waste of a university education was in the rapidly evolving world of STEM, asks Ash...

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Ash Gawthorp
Refugees

Colleges need better funding to perform their crucial role for refugees

Colleges are vital in supporting refugees to integrate but they need the financial backing to do it, writes Ann...

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Ann Marie Spry