Diversity From blind hiring to flexible work: How FE can fix workplace exclusion Ethnic minority communities are being left behind by employers. We need to close the employment gap Jessica Hill 2d Dr Jane Lewis 2d Skills reform One year in, Labour’s skills revolution is feeling hollow Skills were meant to be at the heart of Labour’s economic revival. Yet, after a year of bureaucratic tweaks… Jessica Hill 3d Tom Bewick 3d College governance We need to learn lessons from Weston debacle before we move on The Weston College scandal damaged trust in FE, but it also forced a reckoning on governance. With compliance under… Jessica Hill 3d Ian Valvona 3d Skills shortages Power crisis: the UK’s infrastructure boom could stall before it starts The government wants to build more homes, greener energy, and major infrastructure – but a fast-declining electrical workforce could… Jessica Hill 4d Chris Claydon 4d entry level roles Jeremy Hunt is wrong if he thinks entry level roles aren’t vital Despite fears that AI will eliminate entry-level jobs, demand for them remains strong in the accountancy sector. But outdated… Jessica Hill 5d Clare Dye 5d The Staffroom – opinion Colleges should be civil society guardians in a more uncivil world As populism rises and trust in institutions crumbles, FE colleges are quietly doing the vital work of rebuilding civil… Jessica Hill 6d Henry Taylor-Toone 6d Adult education It’s wrong that nobody knows if the adult skills fund actually works Unlike apprenticeships, adult skills funding operates in a data black hole. Should the grant-allocated system in adult education be… Jessica Hill 7d Aidan Relf 7d Colleges Why FE colleges must lead the fight against coercive control When our students took the stage to perform scenes of coercive control, their raw performances revealed an uncomfortable truth:… Jessica Hill 1w John Revill and Tanya Schottlander 1w Ofsted The unseen impact of Ofsted: What one grade can really cost How a single Ofsted grade for a small part of overall provision triggered contract losses, staff redundancies and even… Jessica Hill 1w Ian Ross 1w Colleges We must build to deliver our city’s big reconstruction goals The plans for Bradford’s regeneration are huge but physical capacity is holding our college back, says Chris Webb Shane Chowen 1w Chris Webb 1w skills The industrial strategy is quietly remaking skills policy We should get used to priority sectors getting first dibs on limited new skills funding, writes Mike Crowhurst Shane Chowen 1w Mike Crowhurst 1w Apprenticeships I know how apprenticeships can fail… these reforms can fix that Changes to funding rules are to be applauded but employers and providers must embrace their spirit Jessica Hill 2w James Kimble 2w 1 2 3 4 5 6 239 Older
