specialist colleges How trust built a transformative education partnership When our college joined forces with another, we proved that innovation thrives on collaboration Jessica Hill 3h Lynette Barrett 3h GCSE resits Fixing resits requires fixing the system around them Persistent challenges face GCSE resit students and their teachers. If the sector is serious about improving outcomes, CPD, funding,… Jessica Hill 1d Emily Yeomans 1d College finance Let’s rethink what financial sustainability means for FE Colleges typically spend just 52% of income on teaching, support and admin and cost cuts have reached their limit Jessica Hill 2d Nick Pidgeon 2d Assessment, Skills reform Stop trying to make technical education look academic In the race for ‘simplicity’ in technical education, we forget that the labour market is anything but simple, writes… Shane Chowen 3d David Gallagher 3d AI AI Is rewriting tech careers – Can educators keep up? With AI roles expanding 3.6 times faster than other jobs, tech educators must pivot from static curricula to teaching… Jessica Hill 3d Rory James 3d Trauma-informed practice Is education policy ‘TIP’ing into a trauma-informed trap? From Knowsley’s failed ‘deschooling’ experiment to today’s trauma-informed practice (TIP) trends, education keeps repeating the same mistake: embracing radical… Jessica Hill 4d Alun Francis 4d The Staffroom – opinion How apprenticeship coaches can bridge the NEET gap ‘I’ve been where you are’: How lived experience in apprenticeship coaching can help make the shift from NEET to… Jessica Hill 4d Wasim Collins 4d skills divide The Great British skills mismatch Britain has never been more educated, yet skills mismatches, regional divides, and graduate overqualification threaten productivity Jessica Hill 5d Larissa Marioni 5d 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 1w Dr Jane Lewis 1w 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 1w Tom Bewick 1w 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 1w Ian Valvona 1w 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 1w Chris Claydon 1w 1 2 3 4 5 6 239 Older