SEND SEND reforms for schools won’t solve FE’s high-needs problems If FE is made to take medicine for symptoms it is not suffering from, being bunched in with schools… Jessica Hill 2h Ruth Perry 2h Legal changes An anti-fraud law for business has big implications for FE providers The Economic Crime Act and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 raises the stakes for FE institutions. Senior managers and governors… Jessica Hill 3h Kamal Chauhan and Charlotte Cassells 3h Colleges Three thousand voices spoke and what they said shocked us Our major learners’ survey revealed insights and concerns that aren’t available from national data Jessica Hill 9h Vivienne Avery 9h Apprenticeships Achievement rate is a broken metric. It’s time to judge apprenticeships by pass rates For too long, achievement rates have distorted what quality in apprenticeships really means, punishing providers who take risks and… Jessica Hill 1d Daniel Waterhouse 1d Colleges Rethinking PD: How colleges can build learning cultures A new guide offers evidence-based steps for leaders to design PD which inspires staff, drives improvement and transforms outcomes… Jessica Hill 2d Kath Davies 2d The Staffroom – opinion AI isn’t just for coders, it’s the new digital literacy every learner needs Barnsley College’s ‘Introduction to AI’ course shows how colleges can turn a perceived threat into a practical tool for… Jessica Hill 3d Daniel Wright 3d Skills reform Pat’s skills nightmare: The kitchen is on fire If Gordon Ramsay walked into today’s skills sector, he would be screaming. Funding is broken, bureaucracy is bloated and… Jessica Hill 4d Mark Dawe 4d Careers guidance We need to rethink careers guidance for a changing generation Careers guidance in the UK is stuck in the past, leaving too many young people without pathways into meaningful… Jessica Hill 5d Natasha Eason 5d Skills reform Engineering’s skills crunch can be solved with our plan From nuclear to renewables, hydrogen to carbon capture, major projects demand a workforce ready to deliver. Our five-year plan… Jessica Hill 6d Andrew Hockey 6d Politics Skills policy just moved house, and the neighbourhood matters Every department brings its own instincts. In the DWP, skills will be filtered through a jobs lens. That could… Jessica Hill 1w Alex Morris 1w Skills reform We need the same rigour of teaching in colleges as in schools Schools soared up the international league tables under Gove and Gibb. Colleges, by contrast, remain the poor relation. It’s… Jessica Hill 1w Will Bickford Smith 1w Apprenticeships Creative industries can’t thrive without apprenticeships The UK’s creative industries outstrip aerospace and automotive combined, but a lack of highly skilled workers threatens to derail… Jessica Hill 1w Professor David Mba and Professor Zey Suka-Bill 1w 1 2 3 4 5 6 247 Older
