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 3w Adam Finch 3w 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 3w Mike Worley 3w 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 3w Laura-Jane Rawlings 3w 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 4w Jacqueline Oughton 4w 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 4w Sam Pepper 4w 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 4w Prashant Raizada and Viscount Jonathan Camrose 4w 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 4w Polly Harrow 4w 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 4w Jonathan Bourne 4w 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 1mo Rob Lawson 1mo 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 1mo Dr Fiona Aldridge 1mo 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 1mo Stuart Allen 1mo 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 1mo Robert Craig 1mo Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 232 Older