The Staffroom – opinion

How to personalise PE for learners with SEND

Rachel Bown explains how the STEP model can help easily differentiate PE to fully engage all learners

JL Dutaut
Rachel Bown
Curriculum

Seventy-five years on, human rights education matters more than ever

Our new survey aims to capture human rights education’s place in FE and how we can support more colleges…

JL Dutaut
Dan Shercliff
sexual misconduct

Addressing the unspoken: Why colleges must take harassment seriously

Failure to acknowledge sexual misconduct as an issue for every provider is perpetuating harm and damaging the whole sector’s…

JL Dutaut
Ruth Sparkes
Politics

When it comes to antisemitism, all our students are vulnerable

Jane Baker reflects on rising antisemitism’s impact on her SEND college learners and urges other leaders to ensure their…

JL Dutaut
Jane Baker
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

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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