digital skills We’re training brilliant digital talent only for employers to overlook them While ITPs race ahead on AI, skills and retraining, hiring practices remain stuck in the past Jessica Hill 2h Ben Cheema 2h Colleges A volunteer-led approach could break the resit failure cycle The new 100-hour rule for English and maths may increase teaching time, but without personalised support, it won’t shift… Jessica Hill 5d Tim Dalton 5d Apprenticeships I was NEET for 2 years. Developing soft skills saved my future My journey from automated rejections to an RSC apprenticeship shows why soft-skills programmes aren’t a ‘nice to have’, they’re… Jessica Hill 6d Hassan Ahmed 6d Mental Health There’s widening participation, but narrowing mental health support More disadvantaged learners are entering FE and HE, but stretched services mean many can’t access the help they need Jessica Hill 1w Imran Mir 1w NEETs The NEET crisis won’t be solved by fashionable theories Billions in piecemeal initiatives won’t reverse youth inactivity, and claims of ‘deficit thinking’ risk obscuring what’s actually happening. Only… Jessica Hill 1w Alun Francis 1w Colleges The AI governor is in the boardroom AI offers clarity, speed and strategic insight, but only if boards are brave enough to evolve. The augmented governor… Jessica Hill 1w Perry Perrott 1w Governance Chair of governors’ journey is as perilous as a motorbike ride Leading a college governance team presents dangers every bit as daunting as a pool of oil in the road… Jessica Hill 2w Michael Davis 2w Colleges How a £25m crisis and intervention forced us to rebuild – and made Brooklands stronger Six years under FE Commissioner intervention pushed our college to the brink. But the debt, disruption and scrutiny forged… Jessica Hill 2w Christine Ricketts 2w Colleges When you look, suicide dangers are everywhere in our colleges Given the numbers of students who take their own lives, we must seek answers to the crisis unfolding across… Jessica Hill 2w David Murray 2w LSIPs What LSIPs need to cut through the noise and make an impact in 2026 With new guidance and a crowded policy landscape, the next wave of LSIPs must cut through competing priorities and… Jessica Hill 2w James Farr 2w ESOL ESOL addresses skills shortages; cutting it’s counterproductive National policy around improving people’s English needs a sharper focus or it risks being undermined by opposition at regional… Jessica Hill 2w Diana Sutton 2w SEND If everyone is a SEND teacher FE needs to train them, and fast Recruits arrive with little training in inclusive pedagogy. As Ofsted raises the bar on SEND provision, the government must… Jessica Hill 2w Sophie Kuttschreuter and Hannah Thomas 2w 1 2 3 4 5 6 254 Older
