The Staffroom - opinion

The Staffroom: Start now to improve resit grades in ’23

Remember, remember the 7th of November: Reasoning, revision and rote. But what else can we do to ensure resit...

JL Dutaut
Julia Smith
College partnerships

Earlier FE choices could transform life chances for many

Wecoming 14- to 16-year-olds in our college has been transformative for them, for us, for their schools and for...

JL Dutaut
Dr Sam Parrett
Colleges

Hey Rishi! FE needs more than golden oldies and remixes

FE is doomed if elite colleges and a Brit Bacc are the best the new prime minister has to...

JL Dutaut
Ian Pryce
Politics

Labour skills: A political will and a way forward (at last)

Labour’s proposals spell out a vision that is in stark contrast to the turmoil and short-termism sector leaders have...

JL Dutaut
Gordon Marsden
Funding

Skills funding: return to austerity?

With new IfS figures revealing growing pressures on skills funding, Luke Sibieta finds out where further savings could come...

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Luke Sibieta
Inclusion, The Staffroom - opinion

The Staffroom: How to drive inclusion for the ‘people of pride’

LGBTQIA+ inclusion must go much further than tokenistic actions for pride month, write Mark Child and Kelly Townend, but...

JL Dutaut
Mark Child and Kelly Townend
Apprenticeships

Six ways to make the apprenticeship levy work harder

With apprenticeship levy reform a likely consequence of any political outcome of the current turmoil, Jill Whittaker sets out...

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Jill Whittaker
Research

25 years on: What did the LSRN ever do for us?

As the Learning & Skills Research Network (LSRN) celebrates its silver jubilee, Andrew Morris sets out the challenges it...

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Andrew Morris
College partnerships

Police and FE partnerships: A model for impactful engagement

A recent event in London proved how impactful partnerships between colleges, police forces and the private sector can be,...

JL Dutaut
Ray Marskell