digital skills Closing the digital divide: Beyond devices to true inclusion Covid forced colleges online overnight. But years later, too many still confuse digital access with digital inclusion, and learners… Jessica Hill 12h Imran Mir 12h Skills reform The post-16 white paper has the potential to deliver for businesses Last week’s white paper comes as Make UK’s latest research shows that three-quarters of manufacturers struggle to fill vacancies… Shane Chowen 1d Robert Halfon 1d V Levels New V Levels qualification must build on the best of BTECs V Levels must build on BTEC’s proven strengths if they’re to deliver the workforce the UK needs Jessica Hill 3d Freya Thomas Monk 3d AI AI is reshaping our minds, not just our jobs AI is reshaping the very fabric of human cognition and unless leaders act, workers will face a crisis of… Jessica Hill 4d Perry Perrott 4d V Levels V Levels can streamline, but beware a re-badging exercise The government’s vision for a simpler skills system is welcome, but real reform means tackling deep-rooted issues like staffing,… Jessica Hill 5d Robbie Maris 5d Ofsted Thriving providers are the ones who’ve stopped performing for Ofsted Too many providers let data sit in dashboards instead of using it to shape strategy. National Grid’s forensic, forward-looking… Jessica Hill 5d Kerry Boffey and Daniel Tingle 5d Skills reform We saved a social care workforce pathway cut off by level 3 reforms Around 31,000 learners were potentially left without a route into social care, but NCFE’s intervention could be the lifeline… Jessica Hill 6d David Rowley 6d Politics FE is no longer Cinderella, it’s the government’s Fairy Godmother The post-16 white paper shows that even fairy dust can’t hide the lack of a clear purpose behind yet… Jessica Hill 6d Holly Papworth 6d Legal changes Candour becomes law – what Hillsborough Law means for colleges Borne from the tragedy of the Hillsborough disaster, the new duty of candour will make ethical conduct a legal… Jessica Hill 6d Smita Jamdar and Kamal Chauhan 6d V Levels V Levels: a victory for vocational education, or another V sign to the FE sector? The government’s new V Levels promise a third pathway alongside A and T Levels. But are they a genuine… Jessica Hill 7d James Scott 7d Adult education White paper misses the mark by omitting adults The post-16 education and skills white paper could have been the defining moment for a genuine lifelong learning revolution…. Jessica Hill 1w Dipa Ganguli and Caroline McDonald 1w Colleges White paper is a long-overdue vote of confidence in colleges – let’s make it count The new white paper signals real belief in FE, with funding, new pathways and a bigger role for colleges…. Jessica Hill 1w David Hughes 1w 1 2 3 4 5 6 249 Older