Skills England Skills England must cut through the red tape to close our skills gaps The new body must harness centralisation to implement faster changes, increasing flexibility in course design and delivery JL Dutaut 5mo Anna Brailsford 5mo Policy We must look beyond competition to deliver the system change we need One of the key ‘barriers to opportunity’ is our own, often justified tendency to erect fences around our… JL Dutaut 5mo Dame Ann Limb 5mo Sustainability COP29: It’s time to embrace education’s vital climate role The start of the global climate summit is an important reminder to the curriculum review panel and to the… JL Dutaut 5mo Laurence Frewin 5mo Policy Jacqui Smith has spelled out a vision for FE we can all get behind The skills minister’s keynote address to the Association of Colleges fills me with enthusiasm for the future of the… JL Dutaut 5mo Sam Parrett 5mo The Staffroom – opinion Labour must end the scandal of FE teacher pay Teachers have absorbed the blows of a decade funding cuts through their pay cheques and it’s hurting them, the… JL Dutaut 5mo Anonymous 5mo Apprenticeship levy Labour can do much better than simply tweaking the levy The government should learn the lessons from decades of levy forerunners to bring about a more fundamental re-modelling of… JL Dutaut 5mo Graham Hasting-Evans and Jonathan Shaw 5mo level 3 Our three recommendations to the government’s Level 3 review The review must take students’ needs as its starting point to decide on the right mix of qualifications JL Dutaut 5mo James Kewin 5mo The Uncivil Servant Why I won’t give up on our English GCSE resitters English can be a powerful intervention for students’ mental health as well as their future prosperity. That’s why we… JL Dutaut 5mo Andrew Otty 5mo level 3 We can’t afford complacency in the fight for BTECs Defunding these qualifications is ill-informed and the risk is too high for learners, colleges and universities JL Dutaut 5mo David Phoenix 5mo Ofsted What FE thinks of Ofsted – and how to improve it A new report reveals the good and bad of college inspection and hopes to shape a nuanced debate about… JL Dutaut 5mo Andrea Laczik 5mo Obituary Obituary: Reverend Claudette Athea Douglas Claudette will be remembered across the sector for her devotion to students and staff, writes Sam Parrett Shane Chowen 6mo Sam Parrett CBE 6mo Budget 2024 Beyond the budget headlines, cuts loom for adult education Investment plans for skills still fall short of big ambitions for economic growth, writes Stephen Evans Shane Chowen 6mo Stephen Evans 6mo Newer 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 232 Older