The Staffroom – opinion How apprenticeship coaches can bridge the NEET gap ‘I’ve been where you are’: How lived experience in apprenticeship coaching can help make the shift from NEET to… Jessica Hill 3w Wasim Collins 3w skills divide The Great British skills mismatch Britain has never been more educated, yet skills mismatches, regional divides, and graduate overqualification threaten productivity Jessica Hill 3w Larissa Marioni 3w Diversity From blind hiring to flexible work: How FE can fix workplace exclusion Ethnic minority communities are being left behind by employers. We need to close the employment gap Jessica Hill 4w Dr Jane Lewis 4w Skills reform One year in, Labour’s skills revolution is feeling hollow Skills were meant to be at the heart of Labour’s economic revival. Yet, after a year of bureaucratic tweaks… Jessica Hill 4w Tom Bewick 4w College governance We need to learn lessons from Weston debacle before we move on The Weston College scandal damaged trust in FE, but it also forced a reckoning on governance. With compliance under… Jessica Hill 4w Ian Valvona 4w Skills shortages Power crisis: the UK’s infrastructure boom could stall before it starts The government wants to build more homes, greener energy, and major infrastructure – but a fast-declining electrical workforce could… Jessica Hill 4w Chris Claydon 4w entry level roles Jeremy Hunt is wrong if he thinks entry level roles aren’t vital Despite fears that AI will eliminate entry-level jobs, demand for them remains strong in the accountancy sector. But outdated… Jessica Hill 4w Clare Dye 4w The Staffroom – opinion Colleges should be civil society guardians in a more uncivil world As populism rises and trust in institutions crumbles, FE colleges are quietly doing the vital work of rebuilding civil… Jessica Hill 4w Henry Taylor-Toone 4w Adult education It’s wrong that nobody knows if the adult skills fund actually works Unlike apprenticeships, adult skills funding operates in a data black hole. Should the grant-allocated system in adult education be… Jessica Hill 1mo Aidan Relf 1mo Colleges Why FE colleges must lead the fight against coercive control When our students took the stage to perform scenes of coercive control, their raw performances revealed an uncomfortable truth:… Jessica Hill 1mo John Revill and Tanya Schottlander 1mo Ofsted The unseen impact of Ofsted: What one grade can really cost How a single Ofsted grade for a small part of overall provision triggered contract losses, staff redundancies and even… Jessica Hill 1mo Ian Ross 1mo Colleges We must build to deliver our city’s big reconstruction goals The plans for Bradford’s regeneration are huge but physical capacity is holding our college back, says Chris Webb Shane Chowen 1mo Chris Webb 1mo Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 241 Older