Cybersecurity

Safeguarding our colleges from cyber threats is a matter of education

Investing in education and awareness for staff and students is a key tool in our fight against cyber attacks,…

JL Dutaut
Sharon Archer
edtech

How ChatGPT could reduce and transform teacher workload

James Kieft tests ChatGPT on a range of time-consuming tasks for teachers and assesses its potential to support and…

JL Dutaut
James Kieft
WorldSkills

International benchmarking is vital in raising standards in UK skills

In the absence of PISA rankings the UK skills system needs international benchmarking to drive up standards and keep…

JL Dutaut
Ben Blackledge
14-16

College provision for 14-16 can no longer be overlooked

More must be done to support direct-entry learners in further education settings as the provision offers a critical lifeline…

JL Dutaut
Alan McKenna
Vulnerable learners

Vulnerable adolescents deserve better than a maze of bureaucracy

A new public accounts committee report outlines a costly and decades-long failure to bring services together to support vulnerable…

JL Dutaut
Dame Meg Hillier, MP
Governance

The four Ps that will ensure your external governance review brings value for money

The new mandatory requirement for external governance review represents a substantial investment, writes Melissa Drayson, so it’s important to…

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Melissa Drayson


Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships diversity still lags and now is the time to act

National Apprenticeships Week and Race Equality Week happen at the same time – a coincidence that should speak volumes…

JL Dutaut
Payal Bhavsar
Opinion

Reply: The case to cut BTECs and applied generals is misinformed  

The ‘muddled’ case for cutting BTECs shows a lack of understanding of what employers, young people and the economy…

Shane Chowen
Bill Watkin
The Staffroom – opinion

The Staffroom: Helping learners develop their writer’s voice

Reducing cognitive load and scaffolding learners’ progress allows them to do more than learn discrete skills, says Kerry Scattergood….

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Kerry Scattergood
Online learning

Online learning: Placing efficiency and quality at the AI revolution’s heart

Mark Dawe scopes out the dawning landscape of a sector revolutionised by online and blended learning and sets out…

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Mark Dawe
Skills reform

Keegan should stick to her guns and show BTECs both barrels

Gillian Keegan should ignore her nay-sayer predecessors and make the change that will finally deliver world-class technical education

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Jon Yates
Spring budget

Spring budget: Time for politicians to put money where their mouth is

It’s time to stop telling us ‘more needs to be done’ and start doing it, writes David Hughes. The…

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David Hughes