Apprenticeships

Let’s ensure that apprenticeship reform doesn’t set us back a decade

A lack of detail about upcoming reforms means skills sector partners are not speaking with one voice

Jessica Hill
Sarah Beale
Skills reform

Lasting progress depends on a connected, durable skills system

The success of Labour’s skills vision depends on whether it can create a system that’s stable, connected and built...

Shane Chowen
Rob Nitsch
Legal changes

An anti-fraud law for business has big implications for FE providers

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 raises the stakes for FE institutions. Senior managers and governors could...

Jessica Hill
Kamal Chauhan and Charlotte Cassells
Colleges

Three thousand voices spoke and what they said shocked us

Our major learners’ survey revealed insights and concerns that aren’t available from national data

Jessica Hill
Vivienne Avery
The Staffroom - opinion

Learning a new language reminded me how hard it is for my ESOL students 

After 20 years of teaching, I thought I understood my learners’ struggles. Then I became a student again

Jessica Hill
Anna Galutowska
Careers guidance

Careers can’t be a one-person job…so we’ve made it everyone’s job

Tick-box careers guidance won’t cut it. If we want the Gatsby Benchmarks to work in workplace learning, accountability has...

Jessica Hill
Kate Roberts
construction

The construction industry can’t build the future without diversity

Major housebuilding, infrastructure and retrofitting projects mean the construction industry must look wider to find new streams of workers

Jessica Hill
Annelee Roscoe
Skills reform

Wakefield will grow supply and demand together for high-skills jobs

Our proposed new skills centre could be the key to breaking the cycle of low skills and low pay...

Jessica Hill
Professor Chris Husbands
Lifelong Learning

We’re joining the dots to create lifelong learning in the North East

Bringing higher education into the centre of regional planning is vital for the LLE to succeed, and we’re already...

Jessica Hill
Professor René Koglbauer