Skills reform

Engineering’s skills crunch can be solved with our plan

From nuclear to renewables, hydrogen to carbon capture, major projects demand a workforce ready to deliver. Our five-year plan...

Jessica Hill
Andrew Hockey
Skills reform

We need the same rigour of teaching in colleges as in schools

Schools soared up the international league tables under Gove and Gibb. Colleges, by contrast, remain the poor relation. It’s...

Jessica Hill
Will Bickford Smith
Skills reform

No one left offline: Education must power NHS digital reform

The government’s 10-Year Health Plan promises a bold leap into AI-driven, community-led healthcare. But without a coordinated education strategy,...

Jessica Hill
Joe Neame
Apprenticeships

Creative industries can’t thrive without apprenticeships

The UK’s creative industries outstrip aerospace and automotive combined, but a lack of highly skilled workers threatens to derail...

Jessica Hill
Professor David Mba and Professor Zey Suka-Bill
AI

Trust AI to help deliver FE’s promise of personalised learning

FE Colleges are sitting on a depth of data. With AI, that data becomes a tool for better teaching,...

Jessica Hill
Matthew McShane
Colleges

Exam success is nothing without the ability to build relationships

Qualifications open doors, but it’s relationships that keep them open. Without structured support for social and emotional skills, too...

Jessica Hill
Imran Mir
Adult education

The grim reality of adult education on life support

After 30 years in FE, I’ve never seen morale so low. Cuts to the adult skills fund are ripping...

Jessica Hill
William Pickford
GCSE resits

The challenge for resits runs deeper than exam volume

With the full findings of the curriculum and assessment review due soon, we believe that fewer exams, more relevant...

Jessica Hill
Lucy Chowns and Katy Lewis
ESOL

Defunding English lessons for migrants will fracture communities

Reform UK say they want migrants to integrate – yet their proposals to slash ESOL funding in local areas...

Jessica Hill
Dipa Ganguli