Inclusion

The government’s transgender guidance must finally lead to greater inclusion  

Sector guidance on transgender learners must be the impetus to get beyond toxic discourse and antiquated practices and create…

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Hannah Graf and Jake Graf
Curriculum

Education must adapt to deliver the key employment skills of a changing workplace

A new NFER report suggests it’s time to revisit the national curriculum to embed six employment skills that will…

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Luke Bocock
The Staffroom – opinion

FE can lead us out of the permacrisis if we work together

The sector’s pandemic response revealed that it can do so much more that sustain a not-so-new normal, writes Katie…

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Katie Shaw
Disadvantage gap

FE is bucking the trend on the attainment gap. What could it do with more funding?

The sector is bucking the national trend on closing the attainment gap, says Sarah Waite. Now ministers should buck…

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Sarah Waite
Politics

The government’s muddled messaging over skills risks undermining its whole agenda

Efforts to promote the skills sector will continue to fall flat until the incumbents of Downing Street develop a…

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Anne Milton
Qualifications

Our MBacc will redress policy’s academic bias

Manchester’s new MBacc will offer young people plenty of academic and technical options at 16 – and the ability to switch between the…

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Andy Burnham


Careers

Careers guidance is not only for young people – adults benefit too

A new economic reality requires a new approach to careers guidance – and it must be one that includes…

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Sally-Anne Barnes
Opinion

If we really want to deliver diversity, we need a Public Services T Level

The transition to T levels can’t be allowed to leave gaps in place of popular courses fulfilling an important…

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Gemma Simmons-Blench
The Staffroom – opinion

AI won’t kill creativity. It can prompt more students to discover theirs

The best way to mitigate against learners using AI to cheat is to ensure there are tools that use…

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Pamela Dale
Apprenticeships

Funding obstinacy is killing off apprenticeships that are crucial to our economy

The HGV & Bus and Coach Standards Trailblazer Group has been working with IfATE to rectify a serious funding…

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Karen Bailey
Apprenticeships

Reinvigorating the apprenticeship brand isn’t all about funding – but that would help too

We need to see an uplift in the separate funding rate, writes Sue Pittock, but there’s plenty more that…

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Sue Pittock
AEB

The success of London Multiply demonstrates the importance of adopting a local approach

London’s success in delivering numeracy programmes shows we need more local decision-making to upskill and reskill workers, writes Jules…

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Jules Pipe