Opinion

Could better investment in skills derail future train strikes?

Training and upskilling opportunities are an important way to improve job satisfaction and retention in essential jobs, writes Kirstie...

Jess Staufenberg
Kirstie Donnelly
Multiply

Councils are taking wildly different approaches to Multiply

Hard-to-reach learners won’t be helped by the programme if councils engage the same old providers, writes Ian Ross It...

Jess Staufenberg
Ian Ross
Opinion

Collaboration between AELP, AoC and HOLEX is hugely important

The resilience of FE will be tested in the year ahead. Here are five key takeaways from our recent...

Jess Staufenberg
Jane Hickie
Opinion

Thousands of students could be left without a qualification to study

Unless ministers take a slower, more iterative approach to T Levels, our analysis suggests many learners could be left...

Jess Staufenberg
David Hughes
Opinion

Here are the moving stories we heard from people who really want to skill up

People with caring responsibilities and disabilities must be properly understood if they are to access the lifelong loan entitlement,...

Jess Staufenberg
Ed Reza Schwitzer and Patrick Thomson
Opinion

This is how digital tech can improve interviewing skills

We beat NASA to win a top technology award because of our innovative software for learners, writes Matt Jarvis...

Jess Staufenberg
Matt Jarvis
Opinion

Let’s prioritise skills spending on level 4 to level 7

Suggestions that training spend should be limited to those with the lowest qualifications are misguided, writes Mandy Crawford-Lee In...

Jess Staufenberg
Mandy Crawford-Lee
Opinion

FE badly needs empowered students to make its case to government

The NUS no longer has the resources to keep flogging the dead horse of FE student advocacy, writes Jim...

Jess Staufenberg
Jim Dickinson
FE Week Podcast

The FE Week Podcast: Ofsted in the spotlight

Come and inspect the inspectorate with The FE Week Podcast! Education journalist Jess Staufenberg speaks to former inspectors, current...

Jess Staufenberg
The FE Week Podcast