Adult education What Victorian philanthropists can teach today’s FE policymakers The Victorians built an adult education model rooted in equality and civic renewal – in this fractured era their… Jessica Hill 2h Tom Schuller 2h Lifelong Learning We need a ‘UCAS for adults’ and the DWP can help develop it A comprehensive national careers advice service, backed by skilled professionals, could do more for lifelong learning than any new… Jessica Hill 1d Andy Forbes 1d 16-19, Qualifications, Skills reform We need to deliver a new V Level vision for Level 3 The new qualification family promises to simplify the post-16 landscape, but success will depend on how well we protect… Jessica Hill 2d Lisa O’Loughlin and John Laramy 2d workforce shortages Nuclear needs people power With one in three workers nearing retirement and too few recruits in the pipeline, the nuclear industry’s biggest challenge… Jessica Hill 2d Mark Rouse 2d SEND Ofsted inclusion 2.0: Making space for learners without EHCPs Ofsted’s new inclusion rules demand that every educator – not just SENCos – adapts learning in real time. It’s… Jessica Hill 3d Chris Quickfall 3d The Staffroom – opinion When flags divide instead of unite, FE must help rebuild belonging As national identity becomes a battleground, FE must show what true unity looks like: diverse, empathetic and brave enough… Jessica Hill 4d Haroon Bashir 4d Higher education, Skills reform Don’t knock pathways – they’re a front door to higher education Foundation years and CertHEs suffer an image problem, but they foster collaboration between FE and HE and ensure students… Jessica Hill 4d Gianina Harvey-Brewin 4d workforce development Workforce development needed to achieve white paper’s tertiary vision The post-16 education and skills white paper seeks a unified tertiary system but a single framework for teaching is… Jessica Hill 5d Dr Katerina Kolyva 5d Apprenticeships Changing how we deliver teaching will ease FE’s workforce crisis Success with online learning during the delivery of bootcamps shows how a hybrid model can solve staffing shortages Jessica Hill 6d Mark Dawe 6d Apprenticeships White paper fails to put employers at the centre of our FE universe The skills white paper sets out plenty of ideas, but no unifying vision. If skills are the engine of… Jessica Hill 1w Ben Rowland 1w Colleges We don’t need a school-style enrichment framework, we need one built for FE In an age of social media anxiety and digital overload, enrichment shouldn’t be a luxury – it’s how we… Jessica Hill 1w Lisa Humphries 1w functional skills Functional skills maths isn’t functional, and everyone knows it When exam questions bear no resemblance to the maths problems of the workplace, young apprentices are set up to… Jessica Hill 1w Sue Pittock 1w 1 2 3 4 5 6 250 Older
