Apprenticeships How can ITPs monitor and improve learner engagement? ITPs can and must better understand their learners’ ambitions and benchmark engagement across employers to drastically improve provision, explains… JL Dutaut 2y Brad Tombling 2y Apprenticeships The real reasons half of apprentices drop out of their scheme Oliver Sidwell delves into nine years of programme reviews to find out why apprentices really leave and what can… JL Dutaut 2y Oliver Sidwell 2y Apprenticeships Functional skills are not fit for the purpose of qualifying apprentices Functional skills are an off-putting part of the apprentice experience and the whole curriculum needs a complete rethink to… JL Dutaut 2y Sue Pittock 2y Apprenticeships Improving apprenticeship achievement rates starts with showing how much we value them New research from AELP with City & Guilds makes it clear that the apprenticeships are not perceived as valuable… JL Dutaut 2y Jane Hickie 2y Lifelong Learning The devil lurks in the detail of government’s lifelong loan response Some clarity on the lifelong loan entitlement is welcome, but the debate over access to lifelong learning is far… Shane Chowen 2y Gordon Marsden 2y Apprenticeships How ITPs can ensure more SMEs benefit from levy transfer More upheaval is not necessary if ITPs use their unique place and the capacity they’ve built to leverage more… JL Dutaut 2y Jon Graham 2y Work experience How mandatory work experience could be a win for colleges New Social Market Foundation research shows colleges could benefit directly and indirectly from a universal work experience offer, says… JL Dutaut 2y Niamh O Regan 2y The Staffroom – opinion Time in student services transformed my approach to learners While the staffroom debates whether this generation of learners are ‘snowflakes’, student service support is coolly preventing an avalanche… JL Dutaut 2y David Murray 2y T Levels Alumni agree: Losing BTECs will exclude many from success New life histories research adds the voices of alumni to the chorus of concerns about the scrapping of BTEC,… JL Dutaut 2y Susan McGrath and Maia Madhvani 2y T Levels Ministers must heed colleges on their move to defund BTECs T Levels are a rigorous alternative but will not fill the gap left by scrapping BTECs’ tested route from… JL Dutaut 2y Sam Parrett 2y SEND SEND plan: less big bang and more damp squib for FE A lack of policies for 16-25 year old students with SEND brings in to question the government’s commitment to… Shane Chowen 2y Ruth Perry 2y skills The key to bridging the skills gap is staring us in the face We know colleges are key to bridging skills gaps and the spring budget is an opportunity to put them… JL Dutaut 2y Peter Aldous, MP 2y Newer 1 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 232 Older
