Skills reform Wakefield will grow supply and demand together for high-skills jobs Our proposed new skills centre could be the key to breaking the cycle of low skills and low pay… Jessica Hill 2w Professor Chris Husbands 2w The Staffroom – opinion Learning a new language reminded me how hard it is for my ESOL students After 20 years of teaching, I thought I understood my learners’ struggles. Then I became a student again Jessica Hill 2w Anna Galutowska 2w Lifelong Learning We’re joining the dots to create lifelong learning in the North East Bringing higher education into the centre of regional planning is vital for the LLE to succeed, and we’re already… Jessica Hill 2w Professor René Koglbauer 2w construction The construction industry can’t build the future without diversity Major housebuilding, infrastructure and retrofitting projects mean the construction industry must look wider to find new streams of workers Jessica Hill 2w Annelee Roscoe 2w Skills reform Lasting progress depends on a connected, durable skills system The success of Labour’s skills vision depends on whether it can create a system that’s stable, connected and built… Shane Chowen 3w Rob Nitsch 3w SEND SEND reforms for schools won’t solve FE’s high-needs problems If FE is made to take medicine for symptoms it is not suffering from, being bunched in with schools… Jessica Hill 3w Ruth Perry 3w Legal changes An anti-fraud law for business has big implications for FE providers The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 raises the stakes for FE institutions. Senior managers and governors could… Jessica Hill 3w Kamal Chauhan and Charlotte Cassells 3w Colleges Three thousand voices spoke and what they said shocked us Our major learners’ survey revealed insights and concerns that aren’t available from national data Jessica Hill 3w Vivienne Avery 3w Apprenticeships Achievement rate is a broken metric. It’s time to judge apprenticeships by pass rates For too long, achievement rates have distorted what quality in apprenticeships really means, punishing providers who take risks and… Jessica Hill 3w Daniel Waterhouse 3w Colleges Rethinking PD: How colleges can build learning cultures A new guide offers evidence-based steps for leaders to design PD which inspires staff, drives improvement and transforms outcomes… Jessica Hill 3w Kath Davies 3w The Staffroom – opinion AI isn’t just for coders, it’s the new digital literacy every learner needs Barnsley College’s ‘Introduction to AI’ course shows how colleges can turn a perceived threat into a practical tool for… Jessica Hill 3w Daniel Wright 3w Skills reform Pat’s skills nightmare: The kitchen is on fire If Gordon Ramsay walked into today’s skills sector, he would be screaming. Funding is broken, bureaucracy is bloated and… Jessica Hill 3w Mark Dawe 3w Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 249 Older