EDI How FE can be a force for hope in an increasingly polarised world Teachers should acknowledge the influences students face and provide safe spaces for dialogue Jessica Hill 7mo Ellisha Soanes 7mo Skills reform Questions remain over industrial strategy skills pledge Skills are mentioned 140 times in the industrial strategy – proof of their pivotal role in UK competitiveness. But… Jessica Hill 7mo Fiona Aldridge 7mo Apprenticeships Ofqual’s apprenticeship assessment reforms: A bold shift with big implications While greater flexibility and innovation are welcome, challenges around cost, consistency, and transition remain Jessica Hill 7mo Daniel Green 7mo Assessment, English and maths Lance the Boyle of English exam papers that baffle learners Neurodivergent or foreign students are hampered when teaching demands familiarity with Ant and Dec or Susan Boyle’s BGT audition Jessica Hill 7mo Amanda Blinkhorn and Jacqueline Forrester 7mo Skills reform Skills excellence is the missing ingredient in the UK’s industrial strategy Skills excellence – not just skills – will drive the UK’s economic future, so don’t overlook it Jessica Hill 7mo Ben Blackledge 7mo Colleges No room to learn: The data behind the post-16 squeeze Rising teenage populations require local authorities and training providers to crunch the data so they can prepare for the… Jessica Hill 7mo James Farr 7mo Training Providers The country needs us so why treat ITPs as second-class providers? Independent training providers are treated unfairly with unequal access to funds so it’s time funding followed the learner, not… Jessica Hill 7mo Stuart Allen 7mo AI The AI hallucination: Why tech will add problems, not solve them The government’s AI ‘initiatives’ are little more than shiny distractions – the tech could increase burdens and threaten jobs Jessica Hill 7mo Andrew Otty 7mo Apprenticeships What England can learn from apprenticeships run overseas From minimum durations to volunteer coaches, international examples show us the way forward on apprenticeships Jessica Hill 7mo Dr Rebecca Montacute 7mo Adult education For Access to HE students, bills now matter more than books Data shows economic pressures are the biggest barriers to learning but the tools we developed during Covid offer a… Jessica Hill 7mo Ken Duckett 7mo Lifelong Learning ‘Get the Nation Learning’ could change our culture and society Our L&W lifelong learning campaign is a rallying call to build the thriving country we want to live in Jessica Hill 7mo Emily Jones 7mo NEETs They’re not ‘hard to reach’ but the system is closed to them Students who risk becoming NEET often need time, flexibility or a second chance – providers must remove barriers that… Jessica Hill 7mo Dhruv Patel 7mo Newer 1 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 255 Older