Staffroom – Opinion

The Staffroom. Feel the fear and gather student feedback anyway

It’s natural to have mixed feelings about student feedback on our practice, but it can be done in a…

JL Dutaut
Thomas Rea
Funding

Will the UK Shared Prosperity Fund go over the cliff edge in 2025?

All main parties must commit now to renewing this vital funding or there won’t be enough time to put…

JL Dutaut
Ian Ross
Accountability

Debating one-word judgments shouldn’t overshadow Ofsted’s Big Listen

Plenty can be done to improve inspections in areas where there is broad consensus among FE and skills providers

JL Dutaut
Simon Ashworth
Maths

Ticket to ride: Further education gets its chance to trial maths mastery

A new EEF-funded trial could be just the ticket to start combatting negative attitudes to maths that are deeply…

JL Dutaut
Tim Leunig
Opinion

What I won by taking part in WorldSkills UK competitions

All further education tutors should look at their learners as potential candidates for what is an unparalleled learning journey

JL Dutaut
Lewis Newton
Funding

Pioneering employer partnerships have helped us plug the SEND budget gap

Paul Cook explains how his specialist college has leveraged private sector funding to help plug the funding gap for…

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Paul Cook


Staffroom – Opinion

A more sustained approach to sustainability through CPD

Embedding sustainability into teacher development is key to our success in creating a college-wide culture or ecological stewardship

JL Dutaut
Charlie Simmans
Curriculum

Enabling colleges to deliver the Advanced British Standard

The current proposals are ambitious but largely unachievable within current conditions

JL Dutaut
Gemma Simmons-Blench
Apprenticeships

DfE must act to prevent the apprenticeships system from falling APARt

A decision in 2021 has frozen the apprenticeships system in time just as the pace of change accelerates –…

JL Dutaut
Riaz Moola
International Women's Day

Flipping Women! Telling a new story about female FE leaders

Women have taken great strides in FE leadership but perceptions still don’t align with reality

JL Dutaut
Dr Rebecca Gater
Budget

Budget 2024: Vote-winning apprenticeship reforms go begging

This budget was a missed opportunity to introduce greater flexibility, reduce the burden on small business and liberalise the…

JL Dutaut
Mark Bremner
Ukraine

How to take our support for Ukraine’s learners to the front line

For two years, FE has championed Ukrainian learners in the UK. Now we can help those left at home…

JL Dutaut
Tony Lewin