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 17h Vicky Mose 17h 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 17h Clair Priest 17h 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 2d Dan Sandhu 2d 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 2d Andy Forbes 2d 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 3d Tom Yates 3d 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 4d Mark Dawe 4d 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 5d James Kewin 5d Young people Three pathways, one goal: Getting young people back on track Our phased transition to new qualifications will provide the certainty providers need, while ensuring no young person falls through… Jessica Hill 5d Jacqui Smith 5d Teaching As we enter age of agentic AI everyone becomes a manager The next phase of AI shifts human value away from execution and towards judgment, goal clarity and oversight –… Jessica Hill 6d Michael Webb 6d Inclusion SEND reforms are another burden that could make teachers boil over Reforms promise inclusion and high standards, but quietly shift yet more responsibility onto college staff already under strain Jessica Hill 6d James Scott 6d Colleges FE needs senior women to share their real stories In FE, women don’t lack ambition or ability but honest stories about what senior leadership really looks like Jessica Hill 7d Dr Rebecca Gater and Joanna Stokes 7d The Staffroom – opinion Year in construction is teaching me how we can build up women My course is a pause after burning out at medical school and it’s shown me that feelings of belonging… Jessica Hill 1w Ropsana Khanom 1w 1 2 3 4 5 6 261 Older
