Opinion

Overworked staff need clear guidance around teacher-assessed grades this year

Staff don’t need to provide cartloads of evidence for teacher-assessed grades, just enough to form a professional judgment, says...

Jess Staufenberg
Jill Duffy
Opinion

The Chancellor did broadly the right thing with the Budget – now to delivery

The government will need to be much quicker delivering what it announced in the Budget last week than its...

Jess Staufenberg
Stephen Evans
Opinion

This is how I brought Swedish ‘fika’ to FE in England

If staff are skipping lunch and only talk about work, they and their principals need to hear about fika,...

Jess Staufenberg
Victoria Grimberg
Opinion

Victims of county lines gangs easily go under the radar in colleges

Creating a non-judgmental space for victims to discuss gang involvement in county lines would make a big difference, writes...

Jess Staufenberg
Teresa Carroll
Opinion

The government’s delay to Covid testing for students with training providers is disgraceful

We can ask why Covid testing is delayed for those on work-based learning routes – but there is no...

Jess Staufenberg
Jane Hickie
Opinion

Our research on the ignored 16-to-19 attainment gap is disturbing

In the first study of its kind, the scale of the attainment gap for disadvantaged post-16 learners has been...

Jess Staufenberg
David Robinson
Opinion

A flexible and supportive approach to reforming EQA

The timeline has been extended for the external quality assurance (EQA) transition because apprentice assessment providers are under huge...

Billy Camden
Rob Nitsch
Opinion

Sunak’s flagship Budget policy risks squeezing out young people

Offering employers incentives regardless of an apprentice’s age in the Budget was completely the wrong call, writes Tom Richmond...

Jess Staufenberg
Tom Richmond
Opinion, Uncategorized

The Budget should have tackled the deep structural problems with apprenticeships

Until Sunak realises there’s a preference in the apprenticeship system for existing employees over young people, his Budget announcements...

Jess Staufenberg
Andy Norman