The Staffroom – opinion When flags divide instead of unite, FE must help rebuild belonging As national identity becomes a battleground, FE must show what true unity looks like: diverse, empathetic and brave enough… Jessica Hill 22h Haroon Bashir 22h Higher education, Skills reform Don’t knock pathways – they’re a front door to higher education Foundation years and CertHEs suffer an image problem, but they foster collaboration between FE and HE and ensure students… Jessica Hill 22h Gianina Harvey-Brewin 22h workforce development Workforce development needed to achieve white paper’s tertiary vision The post-16 education and skills white paper seeks a unified tertiary system but a single framework for teaching is… Jessica Hill 2d Dr Katerina Kolyva 2d Apprenticeships Changing how we deliver teaching will ease FE’s workforce crisis Success with online learning during the delivery of bootcamps shows how a hybrid model can solve staffing shortages Jessica Hill 3d Mark Dawe 3d Apprenticeships White paper fails to put employers at the centre of our FE universe The skills white paper sets out plenty of ideas, but no unifying vision. If skills are the engine of… Jessica Hill 4d Ben Rowland 4d Colleges We don’t need a school-style enrichment framework, we need one built for FE In an age of social media anxiety and digital overload, enrichment shouldn’t be a luxury – it’s how we… Jessica Hill 5d Lisa Humphries 5d functional skills Functional skills maths isn’t functional, and everyone knows it When exam questions bear no resemblance to the maths problems of the workplace, young apprentices are set up to… Jessica Hill 7d Sue Pittock 7d Colleges Successes and failures down under can guide FE reform here The UK’s FE system is stuck in silos. Lessons from New Zealand and Victoria in Australia show how bold… Jessica Hill 2w Liam Sloan 2w Apprenticeships Apprenticeships can staff from front desk to the front line of digital Apprenticeships give businesses a cost-effective way to upskill admin workers into digital and social media roles Jessica Hill 2w Lexie Cheesewright 2w 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 2w Imran Mir 2w 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 2w Robert Halfon 2w 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 3w Freya Thomas Monk 3w 1 2 3 4 5 6 250 Older
