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 12h Professor René Koglbauer 12h 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 2d Annelee Roscoe 2d Skills reform Lasting progress depends on a connected, durable skills system The success of Labour’s skills vision depends on whether it can create a system that’s stable, connected and built… Shane Chowen 3d Rob Nitsch 3d SEND SEND reforms for schools won’t solve FE’s high-needs problems If FE is made to take medicine for symptoms it is not suffering from, being bunched in with schools… Jessica Hill 4d Ruth Perry 4d Legal changes An anti-fraud law for business has big implications for FE providers The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 raises the stakes for FE institutions. Senior managers and governors could… Jessica Hill 4d Kamal Chauhan and Charlotte Cassells 4d Colleges Three thousand voices spoke and what they said shocked us Our major learners’ survey revealed insights and concerns that aren’t available from national data Jessica Hill 4d Vivienne Avery 4d Apprenticeships Achievement rate is a broken metric. It’s time to judge apprenticeships by pass rates For too long, achievement rates have distorted what quality in apprenticeships really means, punishing providers who take risks and… Jessica Hill 5d Daniel Waterhouse 5d Colleges Rethinking PD: How colleges can build learning cultures A new guide offers evidence-based steps for leaders to design PD which inspires staff, drives improvement and transforms outcomes… Jessica Hill 6d Kath Davies 6d The Staffroom – opinion AI isn’t just for coders, it’s the new digital literacy every learner needs Barnsley College’s ‘Introduction to AI’ course shows how colleges can turn a perceived threat into a practical tool for… Jessica Hill 6d Daniel Wright 6d Skills reform Pat’s skills nightmare: The kitchen is on fire If Gordon Ramsay walked into today’s skills sector, he would be screaming. Funding is broken, bureaucracy is bloated and… Jessica Hill 1w Mark Dawe 1w Careers guidance We need to rethink careers guidance for a changing generation Careers guidance in the UK is stuck in the past, leaving too many young people without pathways into meaningful… Jessica Hill 1w Natasha Eason 1w Skills reform Engineering’s skills crunch can be solved with our plan From nuclear to renewables, hydrogen to carbon capture, major projects demand a workforce ready to deliver. Our five-year plan… Jessica Hill 1w Andrew Hockey 1w 1 2 3 4 5 6 247 Older