Young people Let’s embed financial literacy into the curriculum The government’s decision to prioritise functional skills over more robust financial education qualifications risks leaving young people unprepared for… Jessica Hill 1y Laurence Frewin 1y Apprenticeships Functional skills qualifications have never been essential Good riddance to functional skills qualifications in adult apprenticeships – it’s been putting off learners and employers in their… Jessica Hill 1y Ben Rowland 1y Apprenticeships Making the case for functional skills in apprenticeships Let’s not forget just how vital functional skills are, for tackling inequality as well as boosting growth Jessica Hill 1y Heather Akehurst 1y Apprenticeships Functional skills for adults are too vital to give up on Adult literacy and numeracy rates are already woeful, let’s not make them even worse by scrapping functional skills for… Jessica Hill 1y Stephen Evans 1y The Staffroom – opinion The staffroom: Let’s move beyond compliance with equality impact assessments Colleges that integrate equality impact assessments into decision making will improve their efficiency and reputation Jessica Hill 1y Gail Pringle 1y Opinion This is the turning point for higher technical education After years of being overshadowed by traditional academic routes higher technical education is finally gaining momentum Jessica Hill 1y Claire Foreman 1y Young people Chaos and contradictions: Francis review response round-up Francis review officials stand little chance of digesting the mountain of responses their questions have created, or making sense… Jessica Hill 1y Andrew Otty 1y Apprenticeships Apprenticeships serve the public – so devolve them Whitehall holds too much power and big employers have learned to game the levy Jessica Hill 1y Baroness Alison Wolf 1y Ofsted Ofsted: You spoke, we listened, now scrutinise our plans Ofsted’s inspection reforms will reduce the burden of an inspection for staff and promote fairness Jessica Hill 1y Paul Joyce and Lee Owston 1y Adult education, Politics Is it time for England to revisit a national ESOL strategy? Devolution and reform have brought change to ESOL provision but the emphasis now should be on building social and… Jessica Hill 1y Ziya Moustafa 1y Colleges To merge or not to merge – that is the question Cash-strapped colleges should appraise the merits of a merger to avoid having structural change thrust upon them Jessica Hill 1y Ian Valvona 1y The Staffroom – opinion We took a hard look at soft skills to prepare students for work Heart of Worcestershire College’s 5Cs initiative integrates attributes demanded by employers into every aspect of student experience Jessica Hill 1y Julie Breakwell 1y Newer 1 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 261 Older
