Disadvantage gap

Colleges should be central to discussions about tuition and post-Covid recovery

Leaving colleges out of major reports on the impact of tuition ignores the sector’s vital role for disadvantaged older…

JL Dutaut
Alice Eardley
Adult education

Mind the gap: adult skills education must adapt to changing learner needs

New research reveals seismic changes in job supply and employee demands with considerable repercussions for adult education, explains Iviyot…

JL Dutaut
Ivjyot Oberoi
EDI

We need a visible culture of equity and inclusion to root out racism

The invisible curriculum and the extra-curricular must be as clearly inclusive of diversity as what happens in the classroom,…

JL Dutaut
De’Andre Morris
The Staffroom – opinion

Colleges must embrace their central role in making apprenticeships more inclusive

A rise in apprenticeship popularity must be matched by increased efforts to make them more accessible to neurodivergent learners,…

JL Dutaut
Mesay E. Gashaw
Qualifications

Why Manchester’s proposals could lead straight MBacc to square one

Greater Manchester’s reforms are a step in the right direction but the journey has much further to go to…

JL Dutaut
Dr Marius S Ostrowski
Governance

Why reviving the college-led SPA could see the sector through a challenging time

The college-led structure and prospects appraisal has lost popularity but it could be just the ticket to taking back…

JL Dutaut
Ian Valvona


Skills reform

Always check the engine before you blame the passengers 

The core message contained in a new IfATE report is as predictable as it is tiresome, says Tom Bewick

Shane Chowen
Tom Bewick
Equality and diversity

Tackling racial injustice must start with curriculum and teacher development

Victoria Nyoni explains why the student commission on racial justice is recommending better training for teachers and new thinking…

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Victoria Nyoni
The Staffroom – opinion

Local collaboration puts equality and diversity on a stronger footing

Haroon Bashir explains how working with colleagues across colleges has been crucial to improving equality and diversity provision across…

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Haroon Bashir
Covid-19

Colleges are key to re-engaging Covid’s ‘lost generation’ in education, employment or training

Colleges are the obvious one-stop-shop for re-engaging disenfranchised young people after Covid and bridging the UK’s skills gaps, says…

JL Dutaut
Karen Johnson
Degree apprenticeships

We should be celebrating the growth of degree apprenticeships – not denigrating it

To hear FE sector leaders you’d think there were too many degree apprenticeships when. In fact there are too…

JL Dutaut
Mandy Crawford-Lee
Sustainability

London shows local FE partnerships are key to driving the green skills agenda  

Mark Jenkinson explains how college-led partnerships in London are better meeting the needs of green industry employers

JL Dutaut
Mark Jenkinson