The Staffroom – opinion Careers guidance isn’t an add-on, it’s the basis of NEET prevention Treating careers guidance as a leadership priority rather than a compliance exercise helped us drive NEET rates below the… Jessica Hill 1w Kathryn O’Neill 1w Skills reform Reclaiming apprenticeships for the next generation Apprenticeships were designed to give young people their first step into skilled work. After a decade of declining youth… Jessica Hill 2w Praful Nargund 2w Colleges Having a four-day teaching week provides a fifth day for real life Our learners had the qualifications, but not always the work skills. By redesigning our timetable we treated preparation for… Jessica Hill 2w Martin Twist 2w Adult education Adult learning deserves a national conversation Too often policy is made without hearing from the people delivering it. A new APPG inquiry into adult education… Jessica Hill 2w Jonathan Brash 2w Colleges FE can’t fix recruitment while losing staff to the menopause When around 80,000 of FE staff are biological women aged over 40, menopause puts a huge strain on the… Jessica Hill 2w Vicky Mose 2w Teaching How we’re using Brown’s empathy strategies to improve teaching As Ofsted sharpens its focus on inclusion, a strategy rooted in US academic Brené Brown’s work shows empathy can… Jessica Hill 2w Clair Priest 2w Careers A patchwork system of support cannot solve the NEET crisis A national framework for NEET support could finally bring much-needed clarity and coordination to the system Jessica Hill 2w Dan Sandhu 2w Skills reform The cracks are in the delivery system, not the qualifications If ministers want to stop young people ‘falling through the cracks’, they must confront the real problem: a school… Jessica Hill 2w Andy Forbes 2w Opinion In a saturated jobs market qualifications aren’t enough When more than 700,000 graduates are unemployed, we must ensure students get work experience and can articulate the employability… Jessica Hill 2w Tom Yates 2w Teaching Call the Doctor… our tutorials are being treated like a TARDIS More demands are being made of tutorial time – to the point that college teams are being asked to… Jessica Hill 2w Mark Dawe 2w Young people Diplomas get a reprieve, and learners avoid the gap The government’s decision to pause the defunding of diplomas and extended diplomas is a major victory for common sense Jessica Hill 2w James Kewin 2w Young people Three pathways, one goal: Getting young people back on track Our phased transition to new qualifications will provide the certainty providers need, while ensuring no young person falls through… Jessica Hill 2w Jacqui Smith 2w Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 262 Older
