Opinion

Here’s what you need to know about staff with ‘gender critical’ views

A landmark judgment has ruled that it is lawful to hold a belief that may offend or shock others,...

Jess Staufenberg
Jane Hallas
Opinion

This is why a ‘digital Baker clause’ is needed

Students will expect to access all the information about their future options in one place online, writes Katie Bell...

Jess Staufenberg
Katie Bell
Opinion

The DfE is focused on learning but a tsunami of need is upon us

At the Westminster Insight SEND conference, Sonia Blandford says the government is ignoring a worrying rise in SEND and...

Jess Staufenberg
Professor Sonia Blandford
Opinion

The U-turn on randomised control trials is bad news for FE

Randomised control trials are the answer to FE’s biggest questions, writes Ben Gadsby I have a confession: My name...

Jess Staufenberg
Ben Gadsby
Opinion

The Church of England offensive in FE colleges must be resisted

The Church’s proposals have little to do with education and more to do with reversing its declining numbers among...

Jess Staufenberg
Professor Chris Higgins and Keith Sharpe
Opinion

The government must do far more to fix the new labour market crisis

We need a revolution to close the potentially disastrous skills gap, writes Kirstie Donnelly Skills gaps are nothing new....

Jess Staufenberg
Kirstie Donnelly
Opinion

Colleges are unfairly being held back by their past

The government is measuring colleges by using unfair historical references that are of out of date and do not...

Fraser Whieldon
Chris Webb
Opinion

The Skills Bill could set the scene for Ofqual’s demise

The government is effectively nationalising technical education through the Institute for Apprenticeships, writes Tom Bewick  Leviathan was a mythical...

Jess Staufenberg
Tom Bewick
Opinion

A big lesson from the pandemic is the role local government plays

Councils have had to respond to the collapse of some of their region’s biggest employers, writes Richard Leese As...

Jess Staufenberg
Sir Richard Leese