Diversity

The FE sector has a key role to play to support gender equality in the workplace. Here’s how

Kirstie Donnelly sets out the case for going further to support young women into higher-earning careers, and three steps...

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Kirstie Donnelly
The Staffroom - opinion

The Staffroom: Making friends and allies to crack the challenge of work experience

With a nationwide challenge to increase work placement quantity and quality, it’s time for the sector to call in...

JL Dutaut
Dan Phillips
recruitment

Stop relying on more funding. Providers need to solve their own recruitment problems

There are a raft of measures FE providers can take to improve rectruitment that don’t rely on extra funding...

JL Dutaut
Alex Lockey
Apprenticeships

Our skills system is a long way from meeting the economy’s needs

The levy and other reforms have failed to deliver an apprenticeships system that works for those who need it...

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Graham Hasting-Evans
Apprenticeships

AAC 2023: We’re at a pivotal moment to reshape apprenticeships

The Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2023 might be over, but from functional skills to social mobility, there's a lot to...

Shane Chowen
Kirstie Donnelly
Lifelong Learning

The devil lurks in the detail of government’s lifelong loan response

Some clarity on the lifelong loan entitlement is welcome, but the debate over access to lifelong learning is far...

Shane Chowen
Gordon Marsden
Apprenticeships

How can ITPs monitor and improve learner engagement?

ITPs can and must better understand their learners’ ambitions and benchmark engagement across employers to drastically improve provision, explains...

JL Dutaut
Brad Tombling
Apprenticeships

The real reasons half of apprentices drop out of their scheme

Oliver Sidwell delves into nine years of programme reviews to find out why apprentices really leave and what can...

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Oliver Sidwell
The Staffroom - opinion

How to make your digital development programme ‘go faster’

Steven Spence sets out the process by which The Sheffield College arrived at a sustainable and sustained model for...

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Steven Spence