V Levels

V Levels are an opportunity to bring coherence, if we get it right

V Levels could finally give vocational education the credibility it deserves, but only if they’re designed with clarity, consistency…

Jessica Hill
Dr Fiona Aldridge
Skills reform

We’ll end qualification confusion and build confidence in FE

For too long, young people have faced a maze of qualifications with no clear direction. Our new V Levels…

Jessica Hill
Jacqui Smith
Skills reform

A guarantee isn’t enough… our youth deserve a work promise

Without a permanent, connected strategy linking education, skills and work, we’ll keep treating the symptoms of youth unemployment, and…

Jessica Hill
Laura-Jane Rawlings
Skills reform

Trainee mechanics must be tooled up or the EV revolution falls flat 

Colleges must provide electric vehicle-specific training and tooling to avoid students attempting dangerous bodges in the real world

Jessica Hill
David Martin
T Levels

My T Level journey at the Sharp end of digital skills

T Levels Week: Luca Jaworski says his digital T Level provided an effective blend of academic study and…

Jessica Hill
Luca Jaworski
Apprenticeships

Let’s ensure that apprenticeship reform doesn’t set us back a decade

A lack of detail about upcoming reforms means skills sector partners are not speaking with one voice

Jessica Hill
Sarah Beale


Awarding

Creating a City & Guilds fit for the fourth industrial revolution

City & Guilds’ landmark sale isn’t just a business move, but an act of stewardship to futureproof the skills…

Shane Chowen
Dame Ann Limb and Kirstie Donnelly
Careers guidance

Careers can’t be a one-person job…so we’ve made it everyone’s job

Tick-box careers guidance won’t cut it. If we want the Gatsby Benchmarks to work in workplace learning, accountability has…

Jessica Hill
Kate Roberts
Skills reform

Wakefield will grow supply and demand together for high-skills jobs

Our proposed new skills centre could be the key to breaking the cycle of low skills and low pay…

Jessica Hill
Professor Chris Husbands
The Staffroom – opinion

Learning a new language reminded me how hard it is for my ESOL students 

After 20 years of teaching, I thought I understood my learners’ struggles. Then I became a student again

Jessica Hill
Anna Galutowska
Lifelong Learning

We’re joining the dots to create lifelong learning in the North East

Bringing higher education into the centre of regional planning is vital for the LLE to succeed, and we’re already…

Jessica Hill
Professor René Koglbauer
construction

The construction industry can’t build the future without diversity

Major housebuilding, infrastructure and retrofitting projects mean the construction industry must look wider to find new streams of workers

Jessica Hill
Annelee Roscoe