Slowly layering pre-work support for SEND students is vital. I’m autistic myself – I know Businesses are missing out on talented young people who find preparing for the workplace overwhelming. Shirley Woods-Gallagher suggests how colleges can help
The Ideas Room shows what meetings could be like. Come try it out An online platform set up during the pandemic has the power to transform how leaders interact with their teams, says Matthew Ruddle
Automation will result in different jobs – not fewer – but we must adapt The UK urgently needs a talent pipeline that will keep pace with automation, says Freya Thomas Monk
Government should consider bringing back maintenance support Growing need for our work and evidence of its impact suggest it may be time to re-introduce some form of educational maintenance support, write Nicky Morgan and Paul Eeles
How FE can turn the recruitment crisis into an opportunity FE faces the same workforce pressures as the sectors that rely on it for their talent pipelines but it can turn that to its advantage, explains Dean Renphrey
How leading from the middle can have national impact Partnerships with employers have been central to our curriculum development and are leading to impact well beyond out locality, explains Chris Fairclough
ITPs are crucial players in ensuring apprenticeship inclusivity As apprenticeships grown in popularity, ITPs have a central role in ensuring they deliver the social mobility they were designed to, writes Cheryl Brown
The minimum apprenticeship duration requires reform Having every apprenticeship last at least a year keeps everything nice and neat for policymakers and trailblazers but comes at a cost to learners, writes Mark Bremner
Observation can prioritise quality improvement – but not the way we’re doing it Unseen observation offers a better way to monitor and improve quality than our ineffective, inauthentic and demoralising dominant model, explains Matt O’Leary