The Staffroom - opinion

The Staffroom: Helping learners develop their writer’s voice

Reducing cognitive load and scaffolding learners’ progress allows them to do more than learn discrete skills, says Kerry Scattergood....

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Kerry Scattergood
Skills reform

Keegan should stick to her guns and show BTECs both barrels

Gillian Keegan should ignore her nay-sayer predecessors and make the change that will finally deliver world-class technical education

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Jon Yates
Spring budget

Spring budget: Time for politicians to put money where their mouth is

It’s time to stop telling us ‘more needs to be done’ and start doing it, writes David Hughes. The...

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David Hughes
Digital

Digital skills: Gaps and shortages mean it’s time to scale up to level up

Expanding expertise and resources is necessary to tackle skills shoratges and a lack of diversity in the digital sector,...

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Mark Smith
social mobility

Improving social mobility demands better data on FE outcomes

New research shows FE courses lead to better earnings but their social mobility potential is limited by patchy and...

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Alun Francis
edtech

What FE should learn from edtech’s pandemic legacy (and what it shouldn’t)

Edtech’s pandemic legacy should not be defined by buyer’s remorse but by the clear need for a longer-term strategy...

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James Earl
Leadership

Four principles to ensure lesson observations make the grade

Observations have been an evolving part of education’s quality assurance for 25 years and must continue to evolve to...

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Steven Tucker
The Staffroom - opinion

The Staffroom: The road to employment for students with SEND

Students with SEND are massively under-represented in the workforce but high aspirations and simple actions can begin to change...

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Gail Stonier
Sustainability

Sustainability: One giant leap on FE’s journey to net zero

Barry McCarron introduces a new sector-led proposal for sustainability action and says providers urgently need to get better at...

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Barry McCarron