Apprenticeships White paper fails to put employers at the centre of our FE universe The skills white paper sets out plenty of ideas, but no unifying vision. If skills are the engine of… Jessica Hill 4mo Ben Rowland 4mo Colleges We don’t need a school-style enrichment framework, we need one built for FE In an age of social media anxiety and digital overload, enrichment shouldn’t be a luxury – it’s how we… Jessica Hill 4mo Lisa Humphries 4mo Skills reform Functional skills maths isn’t functional, and everyone knows it When exam questions bear no resemblance to the maths problems of the workplace, young apprentices are set up to… Jessica Hill 4mo Sue Pittock 4mo Colleges Successes and failures down under can guide FE reform here The UK’s FE system is stuck in silos. Lessons from New Zealand and Victoria in Australia show how bold… Jessica Hill 5mo Liam Sloan 5mo Apprenticeships Apprenticeships can staff from front desk to the front line of digital Apprenticeships give businesses a cost-effective way to upskill admin workers into digital and social media roles Jessica Hill 5mo Lexie Cheesewright 5mo Inclusion Closing the digital divide: Beyond devices to true inclusion Covid forced colleges online overnight. But years later, too many still confuse digital access with digital inclusion, and learners… Jessica Hill 5mo Imran Mir 5mo Skills reform The post-16 white paper has the potential to deliver for businesses Last week’s white paper comes as Make UK’s latest research shows that three-quarters of manufacturers struggle to fill vacancies… Shane Chowen 5mo Robert Halfon 5mo Young people New V Levels qualification must build on the best of BTECs V Levels must build on BTEC’s proven strengths if they’re to deliver the workforce the UK needs Jessica Hill 5mo Freya Thomas Monk 5mo Teaching AI is reshaping our minds, not just our jobs AI is reshaping the very fabric of human cognition and unless leaders act, workers will face a crisis of… Jessica Hill 5mo Perry Perrott 5mo Young people V Levels can streamline, but beware a re-badging exercise The government’s vision for a simpler skills system is welcome, but real reform means tackling deep-rooted issues like staffing,… Jessica Hill 5mo Robbie Maris 5mo Ofsted Thriving providers are the ones who’ve stopped performing for Ofsted Too many providers let data sit in dashboards instead of using it to shape strategy. National Grid’s forensic, forward-looking… Jessica Hill 5mo Kerry Boffey and Daniel Tingle 5mo Skills reform We saved a social care workforce pathway cut off by level 3 reforms Around 31,000 learners were potentially left without a route into social care, but NCFE’s intervention could be the lifeline… Jessica Hill 5mo David Rowley 5mo Newer 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 261 Older
