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
Adam Finch
Functional skills

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
Mike Worley
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
Laura-Jane Rawlings
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
Jacqueline Oughton
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
Sam Pepper
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
Prashant Raizada and Viscount Jonathan Camrose


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
Polly Harrow
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
Jonathan Bourne
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
Rob Lawson
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
Dr Fiona Aldridge
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
Stuart Allen
Curriculum and assessment review

Curriculum review could transform opportunities for disadvantaged

By embedding essential skills into education, the government can unlock social mobility

Jessica Hill
Robert Craig