Opinion How adult education added colossal ‘social return’ during lockdown All over the country, ACL tutors didn’t just provide new online courses – they kept an eye on the… Fraser Whieldon 6y Anna Mims 6y Opinion Disappointing: Sunak’s skills package dodges the issues The measures announced this week by the chancellor fail to address the key skills challenges the government faces, writes… Billy Camden 6y TOBY PERKINS 6y Opinion Coronavirus jobs plan must support quality training and be more than a gangplank to the dole We need to avoid a fiasco of schemes like Train to Gain when rolling out the Covid-19 jobs and… Billy Camden 6y TOM BEWICK 6y Opinion Treasury’s £111m traineeship boost is a giant leap forward The proposed tripling of traineeship starts with a £111 million boost is perhaps the brightest piece of news for… Billy Camden 6y MARK DAWE 6y Opinion Sponsored SPONSORED: Key workers and award winners highlight the power of BTEC On 25th June, we celebrated the outstanding achievements of learners, teachers, schools, colleges, training providers and employers in the… Billy Camden 6y CINDY RAMPERSAUD 6y Opinion Why we must avoid the ‘one size fits all’ approach to FE Covid-19 has changed the way colleges work – and so will the upcoming FE white paper, writes Ian Pretty… Fraser Whieldon 6y Ian Pretty 6y Opinion How FE can support the economy and drive social mobility Construction Gateway in the West Midlands has resulted in wider economic benefits and more students finding jobs, says Clare… Fraser Whieldon 6y Clare Hatton 6y Opinion Answering the call for digital skills excellence With the government setting out its plans for infrastructure investment and skills, we need to better prepare for a… Billy Camden 6y NEIL BENTLEY-GOCKMANN 6y Opinion How one adult education provider went above and beyond the conventional Outreach community work, always a cornerstone of one Essex adult education provider, came to the fore during the pandemic,… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y TONY GALLAGHER 6y Opinion The reformed apprenticeship system need not fail the young and disadvantaged It should come as no surprise that the reformed apprenticeship system has been found to be failing young disadvantaged… Billy Camden 6y NICK LINFORD 6y Opinion We must embrace diversity in the post Covid-19 world Let’s learn from the pandemic and how it has brought social and economic inequalities into sharp relief, says Teresa… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y TERESA CARROLL 6y Opinion What might a virtual industry placement project look like? The nature of work was forecast to change well before the virus hit. So instead of thinking in terms… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y BEV JONES 6y Newer 1 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 255 Older