Apprenticeships
Good riddance to functional skills qualifications in adult apprenticeships – it’s been putting off learners and employers in their…
Ben Rowland
Apprenticeships
Let’s not forget just how vital functional skills are, for tackling inequality as well as boosting growth
Heather Akehurst
Apprenticeships
Adult literacy and numeracy rates are already woeful, let’s not make them even worse by scrapping functional skills for…
Stephen Evans
The Staffroom – opinion
Colleges that integrate equality
impact assessments into decision
making will improve their
efficiency and reputation
Gail Pringle
Opinion
After years of being overshadowed by traditional academic routes higher technical education is finally gaining momentum
Claire Foreman
16-19, Curriculum and Assessment Review
Francis review officials stand little chance of digesting the mountain of responses their questions have created, or making sense…
Andrew Otty
Apprenticeships
Whitehall holds too much power and big employers have learned to game the levy
Baroness Alison Wolf
Ofsted
Ofsted’s inspection reforms will reduce the burden of an inspection for staff and promote fairness
Paul Joyce and Lee Owston
Adult education, Politics
Devolution and reform have brought change to ESOL provision but the emphasis now should be on building social and…
Ziya Moustafa
Colleges
Cash-strapped colleges should appraise the merits of a merger to avoid having structural change thrust upon them
Ian Valvona
The Staffroom – opinion
Heart of Worcestershire College’s 5Cs initiative integrates attributes demanded by employers into every aspect of student experience
Julie Breakwell
Governance
Colleges need to implement robust oversight over the use of AI to effectively lead in this revolution
Jenny Pharo
