Skills reform Fake cards, real risks: building sites need digital skills passports We shouldn’t be relying on plastic CSCS cards to stop corruption and ensure safety when a secure digital alternative… Jessica Hill 10h Paul Devlin 10h NEETs Milburn’s the man to make us think differently about NEETs If Alan Milburn’s review into NEETs is to trigger lasting change, it must challenge the language, systems and silos… Jessica Hill 1d Lee Elliot Major 1d Adult education What Victorian philanthropists can teach today’s FE policymakers The Victorians built an adult education model rooted in equality and civic renewal – in this fractured era their… Jessica Hill 2d Tom Schuller 2d Lifelong Learning We need a ‘UCAS for adults’ and the DWP can help develop it A comprehensive national careers advice service, backed by skilled professionals, could do more for lifelong learning than any new… Jessica Hill 3d Andy Forbes 3d 16-19, Qualifications, Skills reform We need to deliver a new V Level vision for Level 3 The new qualification family promises to simplify the post-16 landscape, but success will depend on how well we protect… Jessica Hill 4d Lisa O’Loughlin and John Laramy 4d workforce shortages Nuclear needs people power With one in three workers nearing retirement and too few recruits in the pipeline, the nuclear industry’s biggest challenge… Jessica Hill 4d Mark Rouse 4d SEND Ofsted inclusion 2.0: Making space for learners without EHCPs Ofsted’s new inclusion rules demand that every educator – not just SENCos – adapts learning in real time. It’s… Jessica Hill 5d Chris Quickfall 5d The Staffroom – opinion When flags divide instead of unite, FE must help rebuild belonging As national identity becomes a battleground, FE must show what true unity looks like: diverse, empathetic and brave enough… Jessica Hill 6d Haroon Bashir 6d Higher education, Skills reform Don’t knock pathways – they’re a front door to higher education Foundation years and CertHEs suffer an image problem, but they foster collaboration between FE and HE and ensure students… Jessica Hill 6d Gianina Harvey-Brewin 6d workforce development Workforce development needed to achieve white paper’s tertiary vision The post-16 education and skills white paper seeks a unified tertiary system but a single framework for teaching is… Jessica Hill 1w Dr Katerina Kolyva 1w Apprenticeships Changing how we deliver teaching will ease FE’s workforce crisis Success with online learning during the delivery of bootcamps shows how a hybrid model can solve staffing shortages Jessica Hill 1w Mark Dawe 1w Apprenticeships White paper fails to put employers at the centre of our FE universe The skills white paper sets out plenty of ideas, but no unifying vision. If skills are the engine of… Jessica Hill 1w Ben Rowland 1w 1 2 3 4 5 6 251 Older
