Cost of living

The cost-of-living crisis is becoming a cost-of-learning crisis

Learners are increasingly forced to make horrible choices between cash or the classroom, says Josh Spears

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Josh Spears
The Staffroom - opinion

Competition is healthy if it’s done in the right way  

Skills contests develop the professional and technical skills of learners – and the professional development of their teachers, says...

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Daniel Thomas
recruitment

‘Growing our own’ can help plug gaps in recruitment

The challenge of recruiting and retaining teachers at all levels is becoming increasingly acute, exacerbated in FE due to...

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Sarah Marquez
Pay

We know how to fix FE’s staffing shortages. It’s time college leaders did it

In-work poverty is a reality for many FE staff, writes Maxine Looby, and ignoring recommendations for pay awards every...

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Maxine Looby
Skills reform

The Lifelong Education Institute stands ready to SAVE OUR SKILLS NOW

There have been quite enough talking shops, write Ann Limb and Marius Ostrowski. The Lifelong Education Institute will be...

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Ann Limb and Maris S. Ostrowski
Apprenticeships, SEND

Everyone gains from a supported apprenticeship  – not just students with SEND

I’m pleased others see my success as an inspiration, says Joshua Earnshaw-Potts, but apprenticeships could allow many more to...

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Joshua Earnshaw-Potts
Online learning

Ministers’ bias towards face-to-face risks throttling online learning at birth

The DfE’s bootcamp expectation of 85 per cent face-to-face teaching shows a bias towards traditional methods that can only...

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Mark Dawe
The Staffroom - opinion

The Staffroom: How teaching can stay ahead of the curve on technology

The key to upskilling our teaching workforce to keep pace with rapid changes in classroom and workplace technology is...

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Amy Hollier
Apprenticeships

Norfolk shows the solutions to national apprenticeship challenges are local

Locally brokered bespoke financial and practical support for SMEs have seen Norfolk buck the trend on youth and level...

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Katy Dorman