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 21h Dr Rebecca Gater and Joanna Stokes 21h 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 2d Ropsana Khanom 2d Higher education, Young people Old-school class snobbery will not solve the university funding crisis Dismissing students with vocational entry qualifications as ‘not really capable of graduating’ is steeped in prejudice, not evidence, writes… Shane Chowen 3d Hannah McCarthy 3d Teaching Teacher training reform is being built with genuine collaboration The FE initial teacher education reforms are proving a rare thing in education policy: change shaped with the sector,… Jessica Hill 3d Dr Dan Williams 3d Politics I’ll say it in plain English…cutting ESOL damages us all Lincolnshire’s move to cut English language learning for non-English speakers won’t help the region’s economy, and a literacy programme… Jessica Hill 4d Diana Sutton 4d Teaching AI training is of limited use if staff can’t safely use the tech The government’s short courses may spread awareness, but without deep, work-based learning workers risk being fluent in tools but… Jessica Hill 4d Jo Bishenden 4d Apprenticeships Stop relying on day release to achieve apprenticeship growth Structured block release of learners creates momentum, cohesion and results that day release can’t match Jessica Hill 5d John Evans OBE 5d The Staffroom – opinion Chance to step back revealed a hard lesson in student soft skills Time to reflect is often the first thing educators lose, but my fellowship research upended assumptions about my T… Jessica Hill 6d Claire Wood 6d Politics The FE sector has an ethics problem; it needs accountability, not NDAs Too much in further education is hidden behind legal letters and non-disclosure agreements. If ethical leadership means anything, it… Jessica Hill 7d Tom Bewick 7d Apprenticeships Apprenticeship reform may save money now but cost growth later Ministers’ proposals risk undermining leadership development, training infrastructure and employer engagement. A tiered co-investment model offers a smarter way… Jessica Hill 7d Mark Bremner 7d Apprenticeships, Awarding Nostalgia is not a strategy to navigate assessment evolution Mark Carney’s catchphrase applies as much to apprenticeships as Western powers in the Trump era – we must move… Shane Chowen 1w Steve Smith 1w Apprenticeships Apprenticeship reform risks solving the wrong problems Ministers want faster routes into work for young people, but defunding leadership apprenticeships and tinkering with clearing systems won’t… Jessica Hill 1w James Farr 1w 1 2 3 4 5 6 260 Older
