Apprenticeships Why we must (and how we can) protect apprenticeships New St Martin’s Group research shows a widening gap between apprenticeship interest and starts. Here’s how to boost supply… JL Dutaut 10h Emily Rock 10h skills Government growth and skills policies should target career-changers New NFER research shows a million jobs are at risk from new technologies and automation, and government should focus… JL Dutaut 1d Michael Scott 1d Prison education How colleges can lead the way on truly inclusive workforce development One of the most vulnerable groups of learners could also be one of our best untapped resources – if… JL Dutaut 2d Andy Vaccari 2d Staffroom – Opinion The Staffroom: Don’t let a summer of anger turn into a winter of discontent It’s hard not to see the riots as a direct result of low investment in our sector – and… JL Dutaut 3d Josh Spears 3d resits Scrapping resits is the wrong thing to do for learners What example are we setting to young people if we cut and run on improving their life chances because… JL Dutaut 4d David Murray 4d Functional skills An evidenced case for reform of the maths functional skills qualification The current model lacks relevance, harms learners and hinders social mobility. Here’s how we can fix our dysfunctional skills… JL Dutaut 5d Kerry Boffey 5d The Uncivil Servant DfE can’t afford to retreat into its Sanctuary (Buildings) Hours after the general election result in July, something strange happened. The Department for Education posted an advert for… JL Dutaut 5d Andrew Otty 5d resits Scrap resits? Yes, but we must go much further Piecemeal reform of the resit policy is not enough. The new government must deliver wholesale change to a more… JL Dutaut 2w Sean Vernell 2w specialist colleges Labour’s private school VAT plan must exclude specialist colleges Forcing specialist colleges to charge local authorities VAT is wasteful and will divert resources from teaching the most vulnerable,… Shane Chowen 3w Clare Howard 3w Opinion How suspensions impact students in early adulthood Young people suspended at school are significantly less likely to be in a sustained positive post-16 destination Billy Camden 3w Whitney Crenna-Jennings and Allen Joseph 3w Skills reform A strong Skills England can tackle migration misconceptions New skills strategies need to retain, as well as recruit, workers in shortage sectors, writes Andy Forbes Shane Chowen 4w Andy Forbes 4w Skills reform The success of Skills England is in all our interests Labour has missed a trick by not making Skills England a fully cross-government body, writes John Cope Jessica Hill 4w John Cope 4w 1 2 3 4 5 6 216 Older
