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 10mo Kerry Boffey 10mo 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 10mo Andrew Otty 10mo 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 10mo Sean Vernell 10mo 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 11mo Whitney Crenna-Jennings and Allen Joseph 11mo 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 11mo Andy Forbes 11mo 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 11mo John Cope 11mo 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 11mo Ellen Thinnesen 11mo 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 11mo Ann Marie Spry 11mo Colleges, Politics Why do governments keep letting colleges down? Consecutive governments’ disconnect from further education threatens to deepen inequality and stifle opportunity Shane Chowen 11mo Pepe Di’Iasio 11mo 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 11mo Katie Shaw 11mo 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 11mo Andrew Otty 11mo Newer 1 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 238 Older
