T Levels

Focus on T Level shortcomings gives hope for ‘T’ and ‘V’ system

While V Levels simplify choice for learners and employers, work to ensure T Levels fill the space left by...

Jessica Hill
David Rowley
The Staffroom - opinion

FE says it celebrates diversity, but where are the Black leaders?

Until Black history is embedded across learning, and not confined to one week in October, students risk not fully...

Jessica Hill
Eli Turay
Colleges

We need to stop leaving life skills to chance

Unless financial and enterprise skills become core, not optional post-16, the gap between education and employment will keep widening

Jessica Hill
Sarah Porretta
Opinion

A youth guarantee isn’t enough without a green skills guarantee

Subsidised jobs might ease the NEET numbers, but without investment in youth work, training options below Level 3 and...

Jessica Hill
Graham Duxbury
Apprenticeships

The apprenticeships boost is not the game-changer SMEs need

The Chancellor’s funding pledge for under-25 apprenticeships is welcome, but rising labour costs and missing incentives still leave small...

Jessica Hill
Tina McKenzie
Apprenticeships

Treasury is still skimming the levy while NEET numbers surge

A narrow NEET policy won’t shift the dial – we need to go beyond providing a safety net for...

Jessica Hill
Ben Rowland
Skills reform

We need to build a more inclusive future for the trades

If the UK wants the trades to survive, it must finally confront the diversity crisis holding the sector back

Jessica Hill
Clair Bradley
T Levels

Let’s back T Levels to break the country’s skills deadlock

With T Levels now delivering real skills for real jobs, we have a chance to keep talent rooted in...

Jessica Hill
Dr Sam Rushworth
SEND

A youth guarantee that forgets SEND isn’t a guarantee at all

If the youth guarantee fails to extend EHCP protections and invest in FE pathways to age 25, ministers will sabotage their own growth...

Jessica Hill
Ben Bastin