Adult education Essential skills are the missing test of the skills white paper Reforms to help more adults read, write and get online are welcome, but reversing a 60% drop in participation… Jessica Hill 4w Alex Stevenson 4w Apprenticeships There’s an easy way to stop some small firms shunning apprentices The government’s apprenticeship growth ambitions sound bold. But without serious engagement from the small and medium-sized employers who create… Jessica Hill 4w Alice Gardner 4w Young people V Levels ambition will outrun reality unless we slow down The proposed post-16 landscape looks more coherent than ever after years of false starts, but providers need more clarity,… Jessica Hill 1mo Michael Lemin 1mo Apprenticeships Britain needs fewer rip-off degrees and more apprentices It’s time to turbo-charge apprenticeships and give young people real choice about their futures Jessica Hill 1mo Saqib Bhatti MP 1mo Skills reform Britain’s clean energy plans are racing ahead, its skills system is miles behind Billions are being invested in offshore wind, hydrogen and nuclear, but without a national clean energy skills ecosystem the… Jessica Hill 1mo Members of the National Energy Skills Consortium (NESC) 1mo Teaching As we embrace ‘efficient’ AI we risk adding more work on top Without structure and capacity, AI innovation will become another burden on teachers rather than a driver of better learning Jessica Hill 1mo Claudia Boerescu 1mo Prison education It’s madness to cut jail education as signs of improvement emerge Literacy programmes in prisons were just beginning to bear fruit, so how can reductions imposed by new teaching contracts… Jessica Hill 1mo Jon Collins 1mo The Staffroom – opinion That Monday morning feeling…and the buzz of a new beginning Mondays get a bad rap, but the first day of the week is where hope, possibility and the very… Jessica Hill 1mo David Murray 1mo Colleges Inclusivity means more than your team showing up for a meeting There are steps a leader should take to ensure all team members feel able to speak up, share ideas… Jessica Hill 1mo Katie Wilden 1mo Skills reform We’re not thinking big enough on construction training reform We should consider structural changes, such as the 14-19 model used in Europe, but yet again we’re just tinkering… Jessica Hill 1mo Graham Hasting-Evans 1mo Apprenticeships Apprenticeships are heading for a cliff edge, and ministers should know where it leads Tilting levy funding towards younger learners may sound simple, but blunt cuts and cliff-edge defunding would choke off progression,… Jessica Hill 1mo Ben Rowland 1mo Teaching In the AI arms race, teachers can use detection tools to stay ahead Using a detector gives teachers the confidence to talk to students about constructive AI use and the dangers of… Jessica Hill 1mo Gailene Nelson 1mo Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 260 Older