Apprenticeships

My son made me think differently on apprenticeship assessment

Seeing my son’s daunting experience of assessment made me think differently about reform. Rigour matters, but so does common…

Jessica Hill
Mike Blakeley
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships aren’t the alternative, they’re the engine of growth

New funding, faster standards and better matching between learners and employers will help deliver tens of thousands more opportunities…

Jessica Hill
Praful Nargund
The Staffroom – opinion

A top football coach gives us lessons to learn – and avoid

Like Premier League leaders Arsenal, good teachers rely on great set pieces, but the real magic happens in the…

Jessica Hill
Clare Dignum
Adult education

Essential skills are the missing test of the skills white paper

Reforms to help more adults read, write and get online are welcome, but reversing a 60% drop in participation…

Jessica Hill
Alex Stevenson
Apprenticeships

There’s an easy way to stop some small firms shunning apprentices

The government’s apprenticeship growth ambitions sound bold. But without serious engagement from the small and medium-sized employers who create…

Jessica Hill
Alice Gardner
V Levels

V Levels ambition will outrun reality unless we slow down

The proposed post-16 landscape looks more coherent than ever after years of false starts, but providers need more clarity,…

Jessica Hill
Michael Lemin


Apprenticeships

Britain needs fewer rip-off degrees and more apprentices

It’s time to turbo-charge apprenticeships and give young people real choice about their futures

Jessica Hill
Saqib Bhatti MP
Skills reform

Britain’s clean energy plans are racing ahead, its skills system is miles behind

Billions are being invested in offshore wind, hydrogen and nuclear, but without a national clean energy skills ecosystem the…

Jessica Hill
Members of the National Energy Skills Consortium (NESC)
AI

As we embrace ‘efficient’ AI we risk adding more work on top

Without structure and capacity, AI innovation will become another burden on teachers rather than a driver of better learning

Jessica Hill
Claudia Boerescu
Prison education

It’s madness to cut jail education as signs of improvement emerge

Literacy programmes in prisons were just beginning to bear fruit, so how can reductions imposed by new teaching contracts…

Jessica Hill
Jon Collins
The Staffroom – opinion

That Monday morning feeling…and the buzz of a new beginning

Mondays get a bad rap, but the first day of the week is where hope, possibility and the very…

Jessica Hill
David Murray
Colleges

Inclusivity means more than your team showing up for a meeting

There are steps a leader should take to ensure all team members feel able to speak up, share ideas…

Jessica Hill
Katie Wilden