Apprenticeships Young people can’t choose the pathways they can’t see Despite the efforts of the Baker Clause, apprenticeships remain a mystery to students, parents and society in general. A… Jessica Hill 4w Dale Walker 4w Skills reform For Skills England to succeed, the sector must lead Skills England is already on borrowed time, because no quango survives the churn of Westminster. If the sector wants… Jessica Hill 1mo Mark Dawe 1mo Colleges To lead on inclusion, FE needs more neurodiverse thinkers at its top tables If the sector wants innovation, empathy and resilience, it must open the door to the leaders who think differently Jessica Hill 1mo Imran Mir 1mo digital skills We’re training brilliant digital talent only for employers to overlook them While ITPs race ahead on AI, skills and retraining, hiring practices remain stuck in the past Jessica Hill 1mo Ben Cheema 1mo Colleges A volunteer-led approach could break the resit failure cycle The new 100-hour rule for English and maths may increase teaching time, but without personalised support, it won’t shift… Jessica Hill 1mo Tim Dalton 1mo Apprenticeships I was NEET for 2 years. Developing soft skills saved my future My journey from automated rejections to an RSC apprenticeship shows why soft-skills programmes aren’t a ‘nice to have’, they’re… Jessica Hill 1mo Hassan Ahmed 1mo Mental Health There’s widening participation, but narrowing mental health support More disadvantaged learners are entering FE and HE, but stretched services mean many can’t access the help they need Jessica Hill 1mo Imran Mir 1mo NEETs The NEET crisis won’t be solved by fashionable theories Billions in piecemeal initiatives won’t reverse youth inactivity, and claims of ‘deficit thinking’ risk obscuring what’s actually happening. Only… Jessica Hill 2mo Alun Francis 2mo Colleges The AI governor is in the boardroom AI offers clarity, speed and strategic insight, but only if boards are brave enough to evolve. The augmented governor… Jessica Hill 2mo Perry Perrott 2mo Governance Chair of governors’ journey is as perilous as a motorbike ride Leading a college governance team presents dangers every bit as daunting as a pool of oil in the road… Jessica Hill 2mo Michael Davis 2mo Colleges How a £25m crisis and intervention forced us to rebuild – and made Brooklands stronger Six years under FE Commissioner intervention pushed our college to the brink. But the debt, disruption and scrutiny forged… Jessica Hill 2mo Christine Ricketts 2mo Colleges When you look, suicide dangers are everywhere in our colleges Given the numbers of students who take their own lives, we must seek answers to the crisis unfolding across… Jessica Hill 2mo David Murray 2mo Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 257 Older
