AI

Three ways AI could transform the EPA landscape in 2024

How AI could make a significant difference to a strained end-point assessment system (and why it’s no panacaea)

JL Dutaut
Tad Chapman
The Staffroom – opinion

Why everyone benefits when more staff are trained in BSL

Every person who learns British Sign Language adds to the experience of the Deaf community and the inclusive culture…

JL Dutaut
Emma Iliffe
Legal

Legal explainer: Sexual misconduct and workplace sexual harassment

What colleges need to know about changes in the law relating to sexual misconduct and workplace harassment

JL Dutaut
Anieka Sheppard and Helen Dyke
SEND

College leaders must join the fight for an EHCP system that delivers

Fourteen years of fighting for every scrap have left me and my daughter in despair and traumatised by a…

JL Dutaut
Hélène Le Bohec
Apprenticeships

What employers need to help improve apprenticeship completions 

Employers want apprentices to succeed, but barriers like providing time off to study hinders completion rates

Shane Chowen
Emily Rock (previously Austin)
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships: No one’s ‘stealing our lunch’ but it’s no easy ride 

For many colleges, the desire to expand the apprenticeship market has declined since the introduction of the levy

JL Dutaut
Alison Rushton


The Staffroom – opinion

What ATS taught me about quality professional development

The experience of working towards and achieving Advanced Teacher Status has transformed my approach to teaching and our approach…

JL Dutaut
Mozz Baker
social mobility

Traditional providers don’t hold all the solutions to our failing social mobility

The next government must fully embrace ‘second-chance’ education in the drive to reverse the decline in social mobility, writes…

JL Dutaut
Esther Chesterman
social mobility

Social mobility rests on realising the vision of all-age careers provision

A single unified careers system can catalyse social justice and ensure employers and individuals can fulfil their ambitions

JL Dutaut
Baroness Morgan of Cotes
Estates

The department store could be the new model of FE the economy needs

Re-imagining the archetypal deep-plan buildings as high street educational hubs could yield timely benefits for providers and communities

JL Dutaut
Kieran Dyer
Disadvantage gap

The 16-19 disadvantage gap is worse than we thought

The case for a student premium was clear in 2019. Our latest analysis shows it is now urgent, says…

JL Dutaut
Sam Tuckett
The Staffroom – opinion

The Staffroom. The role changes but the value of technicians is permanent

Brian Enefer reflects on the value of the role he has undertaken for City College Norwich for his entire…

JL Dutaut
Brian Enefer