The Staffroom – opinion The Staffroom: Making friends and allies to crack the challenge of work experience With a nationwide challenge to increase work placement quantity and quality, it’s time for the sector to call in… JL Dutaut 2y Dan Phillips 2y Diversity The FE sector has a key role to play to support gender equality in the workplace. Here’s how Kirstie Donnelly sets out the case for going further to support young women into higher-earning careers, and three steps… JL Dutaut 2y Kirstie Donnelly 2y recruitment Stop relying on more funding. Providers need to solve their own recruitment problems There are a raft of measures FE providers can take to improve rectruitment that don’t rely on extra funding… JL Dutaut 2y Alex Lockey 2y Apprenticeships Our skills system is a long way from meeting the economy’s needs The levy and other reforms have failed to deliver an apprenticeships system that works for those who need it… JL Dutaut 2y Graham Hasting-Evans 2y Politics This budget delivers for FE learners and the sector FE faces a financial struggle but government is committed to supporting the sector as we build a skills and… Shane Chowen 2y Robert Halfon MP 2y Spring budget Budget 2023: A competent affair but with glaring missed opportunities John Cope distils yesterday’s announcements to find a budget lacking in expansive vision and visible expenditure, but with encouraging… JL Dutaut 2y John Cope 2y Apprenticeships AAC 2023: We’re at a pivotal moment to reshape apprenticeships The Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2023 might be over, but from functional skills to social mobility, there’s a lot to… Shane Chowen 2y Kirstie Donnelly 2y The Staffroom – opinion How to make your digital development programme ‘go faster’ Steven Spence sets out the process by which The Sheffield College arrived at a sustainable and sustained model for… JL Dutaut 2y Steven Spence 2y 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 Newer 1 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 233 Older
