The four Ps that will ensure your external governance review brings value for money The new mandatory requirement for external governance review represents a substantial investment, writes Melissa Drayson, so it’s important to make it pay off
Apprenticeships diversity still lags and now is the time to act National Apprenticeships Week and Race Equality Week happen at the same time – a coincidence that should speak volumes to policy makers, writes Payal Bhavsar
Online learning: Placing efficiency and quality at the AI revolution’s heart Mark Dawe scopes out the dawning landscape of a sector revolutionised by online and blended learning and sets out how to begin exploring it – with a little help
The Staffroom: Helping learners develop their writer’s voice Reducing cognitive load and scaffolding learners’ progress allows them to do more than learn discrete skills, says Kerry Scattergood. They discover their voice
Keegan should stick to her guns and show BTECs both barrels Gillian Keegan should ignore her nay-sayer predecessors and make the change that will finally deliver world-class technical education
Spring budget: Time for politicians to put money where their mouth is It’s time to stop telling us ‘more needs to be done’ and start doing it, writes David Hughes. The spring budget must deliver on four key priorities
Digital skills: Gaps and shortages mean it’s time to scale up to level up Expanding expertise and resources is necessary to tackle skills shoratges and a lack of diversity in the digital sector, writes Mark Smith
Improving social mobility demands better data on FE outcomes New research shows FE courses lead to better earnings but their social mobility potential is limited by patchy and poorly communicated data, says Alun Francis
What FE should learn from edtech’s pandemic legacy (and what it shouldn’t) Edtech’s pandemic legacy should not be defined by buyer’s remorse but by the clear need for a longer-term strategy for e-learning, writes James Earl