Degree apprenticeships

We should be celebrating the growth of degree apprenticeships – not denigrating it

To hear FE sector leaders you’d think there were too many degree apprenticeships when. In fact there are too...

JL Dutaut
Mandy Crawford-Lee
Sustainability

London shows local FE partnerships are key to driving the green skills agenda  

Mark Jenkinson explains how college-led partnerships in London are better meeting the needs of green industry employers

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Mark Jenkinson
Inclusion

The government’s transgender guidance must finally lead to greater inclusion  

Sector guidance on transgender learners must be the impetus to get beyond toxic discourse and antiquated practices and create...

JL Dutaut
Hannah Graf and Jake Graf
Curriculum

Education must adapt to deliver the key employment skills of a changing workplace

A new NFER report suggests it’s time to revisit the national curriculum to embed six employment skills that will...

JL Dutaut
Luke Bocock
The Staffroom - opinion

FE can lead us out of the permacrisis if we work together

The sector’s pandemic response revealed that it can do so much more that sustain a not-so-new normal, writes Katie...

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Katie Shaw
Disadvantage gap

FE is bucking the trend on the attainment gap. What could it do with more funding?

The sector is bucking the national trend on closing the attainment gap, says Sarah Waite. Now ministers should buck...

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Sarah Waite
Politics

The government’s muddled messaging over skills risks undermining its whole agenda

Efforts to promote the skills sector will continue to fall flat until the incumbents of Downing Street develop a...

JL Dutaut
Anne Milton
Qualifications

Our MBacc will redress policy’s academic bias

Manchester’s new MBacc will offer young people plenty of academic and technical options at 16 – and the ability to switch between the...

JL Dutaut
Andy Burnham
Careers

Careers guidance is not only for young people – adults benefit too

A new economic reality requires a new approach to careers guidance – and it must be one that includes...

JL Dutaut
Sally-Anne Barnes