The Staffroom - opinion

Corporate social responsibility strategies are a win-win for FE

ITPs and colleges without a CSR focus risk losing employees and potential new talent, writes Lee Dale A socially...

Jess Staufenberg
Lee Dale
FE Week Podcast

The FE Week Podcast: New college, new country – Refugees in FE

After travelling thousands of miles, facing extremely dangerous situations, often stuck in legal limbo – refugee and asylum-seeking students...

Jess Staufenberg
The FE Week Podcast
Opinion

Local areas can use Multiply to unlock wider investment

Multiply represents a menu of interventions for local areas to draw on and tailor to the local context, writes...

Jess Staufenberg
Alex Stevenson
Mental Health

How can ITPs support learners with complex mental health needs?

Many learners tell us mainstream school negatively affected their mental health and that they need more support now, writes...

Jess Staufenberg
Zoe Whitmore
Adult education

DfE – look at Scotland’s plans for an adult learning strategy

England needs an all-stages and all-levels levelling-up lifelong adult learning plan, writes Sue Pember Both Wales and Scotland are...

Jess Staufenberg
Sue Pember
Prison education

Five ways to create a prison education system for the 21st century

The education select committee is making the right noises around prison education, but these recommendations are important, writes Peter...

Jess Staufenberg
Peter Cox
Assessment, Mental Health

Now’s the time to support students with revision and exam stress

Here are five ways to talk to your learners about coping with high-stakes assessment, writes Lesley French As many...

Jess Staufenberg
Lesley French
Governance

This is how evaluation practices lead to better governance

Assessment of the board improves the performance and engagement of its members, writes Fiona Chalk I had the pleasure...

Jess Staufenberg
Fiona Chalk
Skills reform

Bootcamps should become a firm fixture of the national skills fund

Digital skills such as cyber security are more important than ever, and bootcamps are a good delivery model, writes...

Jess Staufenberg
Caroline Fox