EDI

How FE can be a force for hope in an increasingly polarised world

Teachers should acknowledge the influences students face and provide safe spaces for dialogue

Jessica Hill
Ellisha Soanes
AI and colleges

The AI hallucination: Why tech will add problems, not solve them

The government’s AI ‘initiatives’ are little more than shiny distractions – the tech could increase burdens and threaten jobs

Jessica Hill
Andrew Otty
Curriculum

Lance the Boyle of English exam papers that baffle learners

Neurodivergent or foreign students are hampered when teaching demands familiarity with Ant and Dec or Susan Boyle’s BGT audition

Jessica Hill
Amanda Blinkhorn and Jacqueline Forrester
Colleges

No room to learn: The data behind the post-16 squeeze

Rising teenage populations require local authorities and training providers to crunch the data so they can prepare for the...

Jessica Hill
James Farr
Apprenticeships

What England can learn from apprenticeships run overseas

From minimum durations to volunteer coaches, international examples show us the way forward on apprenticeships

Jessica Hill
Dr Rebecca Montacute
Lifelong Learning

‘Get the Nation Learning’ could change our culture and society

Our L&W lifelong learning campaign is a rallying call to build the thriving country we want to live in

Jessica Hill
Emily Jones
NEETs

They’re not ‘hard to reach’ but the system is closed to them

Students who risk becoming NEET often need time, flexibility or a second chance – providers must remove barriers that...

Jessica Hill
Dhruv Patel
The Staffroom - opinion

Getting ‘back to the floor’ means staying relevant for college students

Days spent with industry and the wider community help staff re-energise and witness how their areas of specialism are...

Jessica Hill
Alice Duarte
Green skills

The real test for Great British Energy’s mission is skills

Great British Energy is here but its success, and that of the UK in hitting clean energy targets, depend...

Jessica Hill
David Nash