Functional skills

Use reform to tailor functional skills to industry needs

We use our expertise to determine minimum literacy and numeracy levels for each apprenticeship we offer

Jessica Hill
Mike Worley
Employment law

What do potential changes to harassment laws mean for FE?

Employment law in the UK is shifting again and those working across FE and skills need to pay attention

Jessica Hill
Ruth Sparkes
Colleges

Worn out heating systems pose huge danger for college bosses

Like RAAC, end-of-life pipework has the potential to close colleges and the problem isn’t easy to spot

Jessica Hill
Adam Finch
The Staffroom - opinion

How we updated ESOL learning to meet today’s global challenges

By adding UN sustainability goals and fusion skills into our curriculums, we’re preparing students to play their part in...

Jessica Hill
Sam Pepper
Devolution

Providers need a better roadmap as more areas enter devolution

Devolution is creating a complex maze that ITPs can sometimes get lost in

Jessica Hill
Jacqueline Oughton
Skills reform

Mind the AI skills gap: bridging it is now an urgent task

Students are ill-equipped for the technological changes awaiting them at work

Jessica Hill
Prashant Raizada and Viscount Jonathan Camrose
Colleges

We need collective action against the rise of the ‘manosphere’

The spread of harmful misogynistic ideologies among young people in colleges demands urgent action

Jessica Hill
Polly Harrow
Apprenticeships

Start broad and end narrow as a blueprint for apprenticeships

Let’s turn apprenticeships ‘ladder’ into a fruit-bearing tree with root and branch reform

Jessica Hill
Jonathan Bourne
Governance

Governor recruitment is a challenge – but with solutions 

Recruiting skilled and diverse governors is one of the biggest challenges facing FE colleges today

Jessica Hill
Rob Lawson