Apprenticeships

Quality achievement rates create inequalities by design

QARs are a blunt tool for measuring provider quality and must be part of a wider and more accurate…

JL Dutaut
Adele Oxberry
Election 2024

Labour must answer key questions about its Growth and Skills Levy

Plans for apprenticeship levy reform must be discussed with the whole sector and clear about all their financial implications

JL Dutaut
Mandy Crawford-Lee
Election 2024

Labour’s ‘securonomics’ is a golden opportunity for our sector

The shadow chancellor’s recent speech was a tantalising glimpse of what the skills sector could mean to a new…

JL Dutaut
Ben Rowland
insitutes of technology

Our adaptive curriculum is a model for upskilling and reskilling the UK

The north east’s innovative initiative for retrofitting marks a significant shift in curriculum development to meet local and national…

JL Dutaut
Darush Dodds and Sharon Grant
Learners

We must embrace new modes of delivery for our under-pressure learners

We must embrace the power of edtech to avoid pressures on learners having a negative impacts on social mobility…

JL Dutaut
Mark McKenna
Staffroom – Opinion

Using immersive technologies in training for specialist roles

Our pioneering project has shown how immersive tech can support assessment and workplace learning

JL Dutaut
Rebecca Weeks


specialist colleges

The specialist FE sector should have its own clear ministerial brief

The status quo of specialist further education falling through the cracks of ministerial responsibility has gone on for long…

JL Dutaut
Clare Howard
Inclusion

Neurodiversity in the workplace will stall without support from FE

The latest Neurodiversity Index shows substantial barriers to workplace inclusion remain – and FE can play an important role…

JL Dutaut
Kirstie Donnelly
Careers education

Great Gatsby: Creating the conditions for apprentices’ professional growth

An action research project has helped us hone in on how best to support apprentices on their ongoing learning…

JL Dutaut
Sarah Boyd
Staffroom – Opinion

The Staffroom. Feel the fear and gather student feedback anyway

It’s natural to have mixed feelings about student feedback on our practice, but it can be done in a…

JL Dutaut
Thomas Rea
Funding

Will the UK Shared Prosperity Fund go over the cliff edge in 2025?

All main parties must commit now to renewing this vital funding or there won’t be enough time to put…

JL Dutaut
Ian Ross
Accountability

Debating one-word judgments shouldn’t overshadow Ofsted’s Big Listen

Plenty can be done to improve inspections in areas where there is broad consensus among FE and skills providers

JL Dutaut
Simon Ashworth