skills recruitment

Cleaning up its image: The hygiene sector’s challenge to win talent

The cleaning and hygiene sector offers diverse career opportunities, yet many people still only associate it with traditional mop…

Jessica Hill
Joanne Gilliard
Governance

FE’s reputation on the line: learning from Weston governance failures

The damning FE commissioner report on Weston College revealed shocking lack of transparency in senior pay and governance. For…

Jessica Hill
David Hughes
Online harms

Adolescence is a wake-up call: Are we equipping young people for online realities?

We need to go beyond qualifications to tackle the toxic masculinity, online radicalisation and debt crises ruining young lives

Jessica Hill
Heather Akehurst
Access to HE

Access to HE: a life changing qualification hiding in plain sight

Access to HE graduates achieve great success but few people know about the courses, and too many students quit

Jessica Hill
Fabienne Bailey
NEET support

Our data sharing fears hamper support of NEET young people

Fear and misunderstanding over GDPR is holding back NEET reduction efforts

Jessica Hill
Venugopal Agrawal
Governance

FE governance leads the way—It’s time to say it out loud

Higher education is learning from our example but we mustn’t let gains from hard work slip away

Jessica Hill
Ian Valvona


Inclusion

Right-wing backlash against gender diversity could fuel conflict in FE

With global politics fuelling discrimination against transgender and gender-diverse individuals, FE institutions must take urgent steps to foster inclusion

Jessica Hill
Che Young (they/them)
Social media influencers

Navigating Adolescence: Young Lives, Young Futures in a social media age

As young people increasingly turn to online influencers for guidance, the need for real-world support has never been greater

Jessica Hill
Olly Newton
Entrepreneurial skills

Embed enterprise education into college curriculums

Young people are keen to run their own businesses but we’re not giving them the skills and experience they…

Jessica Hill
Tina McKenzie
The Staffroom – opinion

Everyone’s a writer nowadays, even if we don’t realise it 

Writing is a skill utilised now more than ever so we should be driving standards up, not down

Jessica Hill
Pete Middleton
student finances

Let colleges finish the job started by the pupil premium

Schools have proved pupil premium funding works, so don’t turn off the taps at 16

Jessica Hill
David Hughes and Dr Alice Eardley
Apprenticeships

Apprentices are struggling: What employers can do to support them

Apprenticeships have long been a valuable pathway into skilled professions but in recent years the model has faced significant…

Jessica Hill
James Kimble