Legal

The implications of a pause in OfS regulatory functions  

The legality of this week’s decision by the Office for Students is questionable, and its implications are immediate and…

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Smita Jamdar
social mobility

We need a new debate on opportunity and social mobility

In a new report, the social mobility commission sets out its next steps to improving opportunity for all

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Alun Francis
T Levels

T Levels are transforming access to the financial sector

We’re marking T Levels Week by showcasing their benefits to students, parents and other employers

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John Banks
Staffroom – Opinion

What is racial fatigue and how can colleges combat it?

Six tips and three questions to help every college in its efforts to create safe and inclusive environments for…

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Haroon Bashir
Opinion

A construction boom will depend on more than just technical skills

The skills in our universal framework are just as essential as brick-laying

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Tom Ravenscroft
NEET

How to move from ambition to action for all NEET young people

The Youth Guarantee is an encouraging step forward in tackling the worrying rise in young NEETs, but its initial…

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Laura-Jane Rawlings


Policy

The government has made a strong case for investing in further education

Delivering the Get Britain Working white paper will require investment in a sector that’s ideally placed to help NEET…

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Stephen Evans
Research

Our new trial could change the fortunes of your resit learners

A trial to study the effects of tuition on resitters is a rare occasion to make the case for…

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Sarah Waite
Degree apprenticeships

Degree apprenticeship policy must be driven by evidence

Government must make its decisions based on facts, not myths of fat-cat executives and middle-class capture of apprenticeships

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Elizabeth Gorb
Budget

Skills policy should be informed by social return on investment

A social return on investment approach could empower the treasury to make smarter decisions about education and skills policies

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Jo Bishenden
Staffroom – Opinion

Reconnecting learners with English as a language art

A poetry competition is just the thing to bring English language to new life for disaffected learners

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Philip Trivett
Estates

Government must unleash ITPs to beat the population bulge

A temporary bulge in the number of 16- to 19-year-olds is a looming challenge, but Leeds is leading the…

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Ben Rowland