Mental Health How can ITPs support learners with complex mental health needs? Many learners tell us mainstream school negatively affected their mental health and that they need more support now, writes… Jess Staufenberg 4d Zoe Whitmore 4d Governance This is how evaluation practices lead to better governance Assessment of the board improves the performance and engagement of its members, writes Fiona Chalk I had the pleasure… Jess Staufenberg 5d Fiona Chalk 5d Adult Education DfE – look at Scotland’s plans for an adult learning strategy England needs an all-stages and all-levels levelling-up lifelong adult learning plan, writes Sue Pember Both Wales and Scotland are… Jess Staufenberg 5d Sue Pember 5d Assessment, Mental Health Now’s the time to support students with revision and exam stress Here are five ways to talk to your learners about coping with high-stakes assessment, writes Lesley French As many… Jess Staufenberg 6d Lesley French 6d Prison education Five ways to create a prison education system for the 21st century The education select committee is making the right noises around prison education, but these recommendations are important, writes Peter… Jess Staufenberg 6d Peter Cox 6d Skills reform Bootcamps should become a firm fixture of the national skills fund Digital skills such as cyber security are more important than ever, and bootcamps are a good delivery model, writes… Jess Staufenberg 1w Caroline Fox 1w Opinion I’ve seen cancel culture first hand in FE There is an intolerance in the sector for people with views contrary to the prevailing ideology, writes Tom Bewick… Jess Staufenberg 1w Tom Bewick 1w Staffroom – Opinion Are you tackling cultural poverty among students? Ofsted is inspecting for ‘cultural capital’, but limited experience of the world is still holding learners back, writes Josh… Jess Staufenberg 1w Josh Spears 1w Opinion Are you lonesome tonight? Check how your colleagues and students are feeling Social, emotional and existential loneliness may be affecting more of your colleagues and learners than you realise, writes Stuart… Jess Staufenberg 2w Stuart Rimmer 2w Opinion DfE – go through employers to build awareness of the lifelong loan The lifelong loan entitlement won’t drive behaviour change unless the public know about it, write Ed Reza Schwitzer and… Jess Staufenberg 2w Ed Reza Schwitzer and Patrick Thomson 2w Skills reform, T Levels T Levels will make the qualifications system less confusing But other qualifications, including BTECs, will continue to play an important role alongside T Levels and A levels, writes… Jess Staufenberg 2w Alex Burghart 2w Opinion The DfE sees SEND learners as an economic problem to solve The green paper offers scant support for older learners and has a narrow focus on employment outcomes, writes David… Jess Staufenberg 2w David Ellis 2w 1 2 3 4 5 6 171 Older