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...

JL Dutaut
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...

JL Dutaut
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
recruitment

We must start playing hardball to meet our staffing challenges

The sector can’t keep selling itself cheap if it wants to fill its staffing vacancies with high-quality talent and...

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Ian Pryce
Politics

This budget delivers for FE learners and the sector

FE faces a financial struggle but government is committed to supporting the sector as we build a skills and...

Shane Chowen
Robert Halfon MP
Spring budget

Budget 2023: A competent affair but with glaring missed opportunities

John Cope distils yesterday’s announcements to find a budget lacking in expansive vision and visible expenditure, but with encouraging...

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John Cope