Apprenticeships

Labour must focus on apprenticeship completion rates

Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge to shatter the class ceiling must start with an honest look at why apprentices are…

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Mark Bremner
Refugees

Welcoming student refugees will help develop vital workforce skills

Refugee students bring untapped value to our colleges and our workforce; we just have to invest in demonstrating their…

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Shivan Merza
AI

Managing the risks and maximising the opportunities of AI for apprenticeships

There’s little focus on how AI will affect apprenticeships, writes Jonathan Bourne, and yet it’s the education sector that’s…

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Jonathan Bourne
Institutes of Technology

Collaboration is key to ensuring teaching and learning meet the needs of employers

Genuine partnerships that properly value teaching and learning can rise to the challenge of our skills shortages, write Rosa…

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Rosa Wells
Devolution

Young adults need better funding post-Covid

Study programme funding for 19-23 year-olds will provide the wrap-around support young adults need

Shane Chowen
Senior leadership team
Opinion

Without urgent action, we risk losing another generation of vocational learners

Funding is needed to ensure all learners can access the same opportunities regardless of their background, says David Gallagher

Shane Chowen
David Gallagher


LSIPs

Getting LSIPs right. Why adjusting the current model could reap rewards for skills in England

Local skills and development plans are sorely needed but unlikely to be fully address our skills problems without important…

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Ewart Keep
Equality and diversity

Supporting us must start with understanding who we are and what we need

Poor communication and lack of understanding are hampering colleges’ support of students from minoritised ethnic groups, writes Areeba Iftakhar

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Areeba Iftakhar
The Staffroom – opinion

Why every college should have a literacy lead

Staff have truly engaged with driving literacy up across the curriculum, says Danielle Long. Imagine what a national network…

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Danielle Long
Apprenticeship levy

The apprenticeship levy cannot sit in isolation of place-based need

We mustn’t lose sight of other employer incentives and the importance of strategic and local leadership amid clamour for…

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David Phoenix
Inclusion

Pride is as pride does. LGBTQ+ communities need us to listen and act

If my own journey has taught me anything it is that we must keep listening and driving the Pride…

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Dame Ann Limb
Apprenticeships

Germany beats England hands down on apprenticeships, so what can we learn?

The looming general election gives the sector a chance to take the lead in shaping the next stage of skills policy, writes Graham…

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Graham Hasting-Evans