Skills funding FE should brace itself for Austerity 2.0 Spring Statement spelt doom for our sector, however much it was dressed up Jessica Hill 10mo Tom Bewick 10mo Colleges Worn out heating systems pose huge danger for college bosses Like RAAC, end-of-life pipework has the potential to close colleges and the problem isn’t easy to spot Jessica Hill 11mo Adam Finch 11mo English and maths Use reform to tailor functional skills to industry needs We use our expertise to determine minimum literacy and numeracy levels for each apprenticeship we offer Jessica Hill 11mo Mike Worley 11mo Skills reform Labour’s youth policy challenge: Avoid short-termism for real change We’re seeing risks of Labour falling into the trap of policy initiatives and short-termism over strategic long-term change management Jessica Hill 11mo Laura-Jane Rawlings 11mo Devolution Providers need a better roadmap as more areas enter devolution Devolution is creating a complex maze that ITPs can sometimes get lost in Jessica Hill 11mo Jacqueline Oughton 11mo The Staffroom – opinion How we updated ESOL learning to meet today’s global challenges By adding UN sustainability goals and fusion skills into our curriculums, we’re preparing students to play their part in… Jessica Hill 11mo Sam Pepper 11mo Skills reform Mind the AI skills gap: bridging it is now an urgent task Students are ill-equipped for the technological changes awaiting them at work Jessica Hill 11mo Prashant Raizada and Viscount Jonathan Camrose 11mo Colleges We need collective action against the rise of the ‘manosphere’ The spread of harmful misogynistic ideologies among young people in colleges demands urgent action Jessica Hill 11mo Polly Harrow 11mo Apprenticeships Start broad and end narrow as a blueprint for apprenticeships Let’s turn apprenticeships ‘ladder’ into a fruit-bearing tree with root and branch reform Jessica Hill 11mo Jonathan Bourne 11mo Governance Governor recruitment is a challenge – but with solutions Recruiting skilled and diverse governors is one of the biggest challenges facing FE colleges today Jessica Hill 11mo Rob Lawson 11mo Apprenticeships The long and short of it is apprenticeships must deliver Whatever their length, apprenticeships should be designed and delivered to develop occupational competence Jessica Hill 11mo Dr Fiona Aldridge 11mo The Staffroom – opinion NEETs are turning a corner with our passport out of deprivation A curriculum programme tailored to some of the hardest-to-reach young people should be expanded beyond Leeds and the West… Jessica Hill 11mo Stuart Allen 11mo Newer 1 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 257 Older