Sustainability

How East Anglian colleges have put aside competition to deliver sustainability together

Colleges across East Anglia have been working together to adapt curriculum and facilities for a sustainable future, explain Emma...

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Emma Taylor and Andrew Wheeler
The Staffroom - opinion

What we really mean when we talk about likeable teachers

Debates about whether teachers need to be likeable never get anywhere because the idea of likeability itself misses the...

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David Murray
Careers

Student loan changes don’t make apprenticeships more attractive – but they do change the game

New university student loan terms won’t impact student choice, says Tony Pitchford, but they do signal a bigger shift towards careers-led education

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Tony Pitchford
Workforce strategy

What Building Better Opportunities teaches us about stimulating labour market participation

Locally led, well-resourced and longer-term programmes could see us out of the current crisis in labour market participation, writes...

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Graham Duxbury
SEND

Slowly layering pre-work support for SEND students is vital. I’m autistic myself – I know

Businesses are missing out on talented young people who find preparing for the workplace overwhelming. Shirley Woods-Gallagher suggests how...

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Dr Shirley Woods-Gallagher
The Staffroom - opinion

The Ideas Room shows what meetings could be like. Come try it out

An online platform set up during the pandemic has the power to transform how leaders interact with their teams,...

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Matthew Ruddle
AI

Automation will result in different jobs – not fewer – but we must adapt 

The UK urgently needs a talent pipeline that will keep pace with automation, says Freya Thomas Monk

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Freya Thomas Monk
Student finance

Government should consider bringing back maintenance support

Growing need for our work and evidence of its impact suggest it may be time to re-introduce some form...

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Nicky Morgan and Paul Eeles
recruitment

How FE can turn the recruitment crisis into an opportunity

FE faces the same workforce pressures as the sectors that rely on it for their talent pipelines but it...

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Dean Renphrey