Skills reform Skills excellence is the missing ingredient in the UK’s industrial strategy Skills excellence – not just skills – will drive the UK’s economic future, so don’t overlook it Jessica Hill 1mo Ben Blackledge 1mo Colleges No room to learn: The data behind the post-16 squeeze Rising teenage populations require local authorities and training providers to crunch the data so they can prepare for the… Jessica Hill 2mo James Farr 2mo ITP funding The country needs us so why treat ITPs as second-class providers? Independent training providers are treated unfairly with unequal access to funds so it’s time funding followed the learner, not… Jessica Hill 2mo Stuart Allen 2mo AI and colleges The AI hallucination: Why tech will add problems, not solve them The government’s AI ‘initiatives’ are little more than shiny distractions – the tech could increase burdens and threaten jobs Jessica Hill 2mo Andrew Otty 2mo Apprenticeships What England can learn from apprenticeships run overseas From minimum durations to volunteer coaches, international examples show us the way forward on apprenticeships Jessica Hill 2mo Dr Rebecca Montacute 2mo Access to HE For Access to HE students, bills now matter more than books Data shows economic pressures are the biggest barriers to learning but the tools we developed during Covid offer a… Jessica Hill 2mo Ken Duckett 2mo Lifelong Learning ‘Get the Nation Learning’ could change our culture and society Our L&W lifelong learning campaign is a rallying call to build the thriving country we want to live in Jessica Hill 2mo Emily Jones 2mo NEETs They’re not ‘hard to reach’ but the system is closed to them Students who risk becoming NEET often need time, flexibility or a second chance – providers must remove barriers that… Jessica Hill 2mo Dhruv Patel 2mo The Staffroom – opinion Getting ‘back to the floor’ means staying relevant for college students Days spent with industry and the wider community help staff re-energise and witness how their areas of specialism are… Jessica Hill 2mo Alice Duarte 2mo Colleges Colleges, your students ignore you on social media. Here’s why Stop being corporate and give students something they want to show off – from a sporting achievement to a… Jessica Hill 2mo Adrian Quester 2mo Green skills The real test for Great British Energy’s mission is skills Great British Energy is here but its success, and that of the UK in hitting clean energy targets, depend… Jessica Hill 2mo David Nash 2mo Skills reform Bridging the AI advantage gap and why FE must act now As AI transforms the workplace, research reveals essential skills such as creativity and teamwork are critical to harnessing its… Jessica Hill 2mo Robert Craig 2mo Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 241 Older