Apprenticeships

What will it take to deliver an apprenticeship guarantee for young people

A new report shows those who say such a guarantee can’t be delivered in an employer-led system underestimate appetite...

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Lizzie Crowley
Election 2024

“Progression, progression, progression” should be Labour’s election slogan

We need a unified holistic skills strategy across government to meet current and future challenges

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Gordon Marsden
Apprenticeships

Why we’re planning to allocate UCAS tariff points to apprenticeships

UCAS is launching a consultation on its proposal to expand their tariff to apprenticeships. Here's our rationale

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Lindsay Conroy
Curriculum

Let’s arm students with the skills to shape their futures

Further education is a beacon of human rights education – but knowledge of these must be complemented with the...

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Dan Shercliff
The Staffroom - opinion

What I’ve learned about getting student voice right

Gail Pringle shares her top tips to ensure student voice activity engages the whole college community and leaves a...

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Gail Pringle
Governance

When to flex your governance arrangements – and how to do it

Why your college should consider governance innovation in response to specific circumstances – even if it doesn’t fit your...

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Ian Valvona and Melissa Drayson
AI

We must cautiously embrace AI to ensure its benefits are shared

Instead of taking pro- and anti- stances, we must prepare learners for a world in which AI is the...

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Debra Gray and Paul McKean
level 3

We need more than ‘pause and review’ from Labour – and we need it now

Our campaign has all but secured a post-election pause and review of level 3 qualification defunding. Now the opposition...

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James Kewin
Research

Why we joined the Research College Group – and you should too

If we want to fully and finally get past the ‘invisibility’ of research in FE, we must join together...

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Kerry Scattergood