industrial strategy Questions remain over industrial strategy skills pledge Skills are mentioned 140 times in the industrial strategy – proof of their pivotal role in UK competitiveness. But… Jessica Hill 16h Fiona Aldridge 16h Apprenticeships Ofqual’s apprenticeship assessment reforms: A bold shift with big implications While greater flexibility and innovation are welcome, challenges around cost, consistency, and transition remain Jessica Hill 23h Daniel Green 23h Curriculum Lance the Boyle of English exam papers that baffle learners Neurodivergent or foreign students are hampered when teaching demands familiarity with Ant and Dec or Susan Boyle’s BGT audition Jessica Hill 23h Amanda Blinkhorn and Jacqueline Forrester 23h Skills reform Skills excellence is the missing ingredient in the UK’s industrial strategy Skills excellence – not just skills – will drive the UK’s economic future, so don’t overlook it Jessica Hill 2d Ben Blackledge 2d Colleges No room to learn: The data behind the post-16 squeeze Rising teenage populations require local authorities and training providers to crunch the data so they can prepare for the… Jessica Hill 2d James Farr 2d ITP funding The country needs us so why treat ITPs as second-class providers? Independent training providers are treated unfairly with unequal access to funds so it’s time funding followed the learner, not… Jessica Hill 3d Stuart Allen 3d AI and colleges The AI hallucination: Why tech will add problems, not solve them The government’s AI ‘initiatives’ are little more than shiny distractions – the tech could increase burdens and threaten jobs Jessica Hill 4d Andrew Otty 4d Apprenticeships What England can learn from apprenticeships run overseas From minimum durations to volunteer coaches, international examples show us the way forward on apprenticeships Jessica Hill 5d Dr Rebecca Montacute 5d Access to HE For Access to HE students, bills now matter more than books Data shows economic pressures are the biggest barriers to learning but the tools we developed during Covid offer a… Jessica Hill 6d Ken Duckett 6d Lifelong Learning ‘Get the Nation Learning’ could change our culture and society Our L&W lifelong learning campaign is a rallying call to build the thriving country we want to live in Jessica Hill 7d Emily Jones 7d NEETs They’re not ‘hard to reach’ but the system is closed to them Students who risk becoming NEET often need time, flexibility or a second chance – providers must remove barriers that… Jessica Hill 7d Dhruv Patel 7d The Staffroom – opinion Getting ‘back to the floor’ means staying relevant for college students Days spent with industry and the wider community help staff re-energise and witness how their areas of specialism are… Jessica Hill 1w Alice Duarte 1w 1 2 3 4 5 6 238 Older