Qualifications

Our MBacc will redress policy’s academic bias

Manchester’s new MBacc will offer young people plenty of academic and technical options at 16 – and the ability to switch between the...

JL Dutaut
Andy Burnham
Careers

Careers guidance is not only for young people – adults benefit too

A new economic reality requires a new approach to careers guidance – and it must be one that includes...

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Sally-Anne Barnes
The Staffroom - opinion

AI won’t kill creativity. It can prompt more students to discover theirs

The best way to mitigate against learners using AI to cheat is to ensure there are tools that use...

JL Dutaut
Pamela Dale
Opinion

If we really want to deliver diversity, we need a Public Services T Level

The transition to T levels can’t be allowed to leave gaps in place of popular courses fulfilling an important...

JL Dutaut
Gemma Simmons-Blench
Apprenticeships

Funding obstinacy is killing off apprenticeships that are crucial to our economy

The HGV & Bus and Coach Standards Trailblazer Group has been working with IfATE to rectify a serious funding...

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Karen Bailey
Apprenticeships

Reinvigorating the apprenticeship brand isn’t all about funding – but that would help too

We need to see an uplift in the separate funding rate, writes Sue Pittock, but there’s plenty more that...

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Sue Pittock
Adult education, Devolution

The success of London Multiply demonstrates the importance of adopting a local approach

London's success in delivering numeracy programmes shows we need more local decision-making to upskill and reskill workers, writes Jules...

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Jules Pipe
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...

JL Dutaut
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...

JL Dutaut
David Murray