FE workforce Could clear workforce roles help attract and retain more FE teachers? The government wants 6,500 more teachers in schools and colleges, but the FE workforce is a patchwork of roles… Jessica Hill 13h Jenna Julius 13h The Staffroom – opinion Careers guidance isn’t an add-on, it’s the basis of NEET prevention Treating careers guidance as a leadership priority rather than a compliance exercise helped us drive NEET rates below the… Jessica Hill 18h Kathryn O’Neill 18h Skills reform Reclaiming apprenticeships for the next generation Apprenticeships were designed to give young people their first step into skilled work. After a decade of declining youth… Jessica Hill 1d Praful Nargund 1d Colleges Having a four-day teaching week provides a fifth day for real life Our learners had the qualifications, but not always the work skills. By redesigning our timetable we treated preparation for… Jessica Hill 2d Martin Twist 2d Adult education Adult learning deserves a national conversation Too often policy is made without hearing from the people delivering it. A new APPG inquiry into adult education… Jessica Hill 2d Jonathan Brash 2d Colleges FE can’t fix recruitment while losing staff to the menopause When around 80,000 of FE staff are biological women aged over 40, menopause puts a huge strain on the… Jessica Hill 4d Vicky Mose 4d Teaching How we’re using Brown’s empathy strategies to improve teaching As Ofsted sharpens its focus on inclusion, a strategy rooted in US academic Brené Brown’s work shows empathy can… Jessica Hill 4d Clair Priest 4d Careers A patchwork system of support cannot solve the NEET crisis A national framework for NEET support could finally bring much-needed clarity and coordination to the system Jessica Hill 5d Dan Sandhu 5d Skills reform The cracks are in the delivery system, not the qualifications If ministers want to stop young people ‘falling through the cracks’, they must confront the real problem: a school… Jessica Hill 5d Andy Forbes 5d Opinion In a saturated jobs market qualifications aren’t enough When more than 700,000 graduates are unemployed, we must ensure students get work experience and can articulate the employability… Jessica Hill 6d Tom Yates 6d Teaching Call the Doctor… our tutorials are being treated like a TARDIS More demands are being made of tutorial time – to the point that college teams are being asked to… Jessica Hill 7d Mark Dawe 7d Young people Diplomas get a reprieve, and learners avoid the gap The government’s decision to pause the defunding of diplomas and extended diplomas is a major victory for common sense Jessica Hill 1w James Kewin 1w 1 2 3 4 5 6 261 Older
