Teaching Diving into digital reveals a distinct lack of judgment Inspection and funding systems reward what can be audited, but the human skills students need for safe, ethical practice… Jessica Hill 13h Nuala Smith 13h The Staffroom – opinion It pays to be playful when launching new technology Digital CPD too often overwhelms staff with instructions and tools they barely understand. So let them try to break… Jessica Hill 2d Richard Harris 2d Adult education If the Cook Islands can commit to lifelong learning, why can’t we? Dozens of nations have a lifelong learning strategy. England does not. As adult education participation falls and funding shrinks,… Jessica Hill 2d Simon Parkinson 2d FE workforce Teachers need work experience too if new pathways are to succeed Regular, structured opportunities for teachers to refresh and develop their subject knowledge is vital Jessica Hill 5d Jo Swindells 5d FE workforce FE’s leadership pipeline is missing a generation FE’s leadership culture often equates experience with time served. That assumption is filtering out talent, and creating succession risks… Jessica Hill 5d Imran Mir 5d Opinion The blitz on leadership training is daft policy that drains growth Axing leadership and management apprenticeships stifles inclusivity and blunts the UK’s competitive edge Jessica Hill 6d Dr Mandy Crawford-Lee 6d Young people Our learners can’t wait years to see the fruit of their labour Our reward systems are built for adults, not teenagers, and it’s sometimes unrealistic to expect them to understand attendance… Jessica Hill 7d Daniel Waterhouse 7d Opinion Minimum wage makes 16-year-old apprentices too pricey to employ With apprenticeship starts for young people at historic lows, it’s time to consider that well-intentioned policy decisions may have… Jessica Hill 1w John Laramy 1w FE workforce Could clear workforce roles help attract and retain more FE teachers? The government wants 6,500 more teachers in schools and colleges, but the FE workforce is a patchwork of roles… Jessica Hill 1w Jenna Julius 1w The Staffroom – opinion Careers guidance isn’t an add-on, it’s the basis of NEET prevention Treating careers guidance as a leadership priority rather than a compliance exercise helped us drive NEET rates below the… Jessica Hill 1w Kathryn O’Neill 1w Skills reform Reclaiming apprenticeships for the next generation Apprenticeships were designed to give young people their first step into skilled work. After a decade of declining youth… Jessica Hill 1w Praful Nargund 1w Colleges Having a four-day teaching week provides a fifth day for real life Our learners had the qualifications, but not always the work skills. By redesigning our timetable we treated preparation for… Jessica Hill 1w Martin Twist 1w 1 2 3 4 5 6 262 Older
