Functional skills An evidenced case for reform of the maths functional skills qualification The current model lacks relevance, harms learners and hinders social mobility. Here’s how we can fix our dysfunctional skills… JL Dutaut 9mo Kerry Boffey 9mo The Uncivil Servant DfE can’t afford to retreat into its Sanctuary (Buildings) Hours after the general election result in July, something strange happened. The Department for Education posted an advert for… JL Dutaut 9mo Andrew Otty 9mo resits Scrap resits? Yes, but we must go much further Piecemeal reform of the resit policy is not enough. The new government must deliver wholesale change to a more… JL Dutaut 9mo Sean Vernell 9mo specialist colleges Labour’s private school VAT plan must exclude specialist colleges Forcing specialist colleges to charge local authorities VAT is wasteful and will divert resources from teaching the most vulnerable,… Shane Chowen 10mo Clare Howard 10mo Opinion How suspensions impact students in early adulthood Young people suspended at school are significantly less likely to be in a sustained positive post-16 destination Billy Camden 10mo Whitney Crenna-Jennings and Allen Joseph 10mo Skills reform A strong Skills England can tackle migration misconceptions New skills strategies need to retain, as well as recruit, workers in shortage sectors, writes Andy Forbes Shane Chowen 10mo Andy Forbes 10mo Skills England The success of Skills England is in all our interests Labour has missed a trick by not making Skills England a fully cross-government body, writes John Cope Jessica Hill 10mo John Cope 10mo Leadership Leading a strong college response to riots and disorder As the physical damage caused by the riots is repaired, Ellen Thinnesen explains how colleges restore trust in the… Shane Chowen 10mo Ellen Thinnesen 10mo STEM How we’re working to stem shortages in STEM industries New technologies and an employer-informed approach to transferable skills is helping our learners better qualify for the workplace JL Dutaut 10mo Ann Marie Spry 10mo Colleges, Politics Why do governments keep letting colleges down? Consecutive governments’ disconnect from further education threatens to deepen inequality and stifle opportunity Shane Chowen 10mo Pepe Di’Iasio 10mo Politics Three prompts to kickstart FE’s response to the far right riots Lessons from the charity sector to help colleges heal their communities and build a safer future JL Dutaut 10mo Katie Shaw 10mo Results 2024 Attainment figures are meaningless for colleges. We should ditch them The sector is accomplishing something remarkable – but it is very much in spite of incentives to do otherwise JL Dutaut 10mo Andrew Otty 10mo Newer 1 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 235 Older
