Apprenticeships

Wolf’s apprenticeship proposals would be a devolution howler

Employers are best placed to lead training needs – and Baroness Alison Wolf’s idea of devolving funding to local...

Jessica Hill
Ben Rowland
Staffroom - Opinion

Shifting the FE college culture to a four-day teaching week

South Essex College Group was the first known college group to roll out a four-day teaching week. Two years...

Jessica Hill
Adam Fahey
GCSE resits

More targeted interventions are key to GCSE resit success

A one-year ‘GCSE step’ course would better support those resit students that are furthest behind

Jessica Hill
Dr Alice Eardley
Apprenticeships

Degree apprenticeships are affordable and vital for growth

Depriving graduates of apprenticeship opportunities helps no one and will stifle productivity

Jessica Hill
Tom Bewick
AI

Hello Future: How we in FE can shape our own AI revolution

As AI transforms FE, we stand at a crossroads where those who lean in can influence the future and...

Jessica Hill
Debra Gray
Skills reform

AI skills: Building a workforce for the future

As the government lays out its blueprint to turbocharge AI, skills minister Jacqui Smith sets out the steps being...

Jessica Hill
Jacqui Smith
The Uncivil Servant

Five steps to fix FE pay

The FE sector’s influence on the government is clearly lacking but there are some easy-win solutions to make Whitehall...

Jessica Hill
Andrew Otty
Staffroom - Opinion

We turned GCSE English resitters into novelists

How Barking & Dagenham College’s CPD initiative encouraged teachers to innovate - turning GCSE English resitters into published authors...

Jessica Hill
Petra Melville and Mark Hyde
Careers advice

Now it’s time for ITPs to step up on careers advice

Meeting the Gatsby Benchmarks framework of careers guidance should no longer be optional for ITPs

Jessica Hill
Kate Roberts