functional skills Functional skills maths isn’t functional, and everyone knows it When exam questions bear no resemblance to the maths problems of the workplace, young apprentices are set up to… Jessica Hill 1mo Sue Pittock 1mo Colleges Successes and failures down under can guide FE reform here The UK’s FE system is stuck in silos. Lessons from New Zealand and Victoria in Australia show how bold… Jessica Hill 1mo Liam Sloan 1mo Apprenticeships Apprenticeships can staff from front desk to the front line of digital Apprenticeships give businesses a cost-effective way to upskill admin workers into digital and social media roles Jessica Hill 1mo Lexie Cheesewright 1mo digital skills Closing the digital divide: Beyond devices to true inclusion Covid forced colleges online overnight. But years later, too many still confuse digital access with digital inclusion, and learners… Jessica Hill 2mo Imran Mir 2mo Skills reform The post-16 white paper has the potential to deliver for businesses Last week’s white paper comes as Make UK’s latest research shows that three-quarters of manufacturers struggle to fill vacancies… Shane Chowen 2mo Robert Halfon 2mo V Levels New V Levels qualification must build on the best of BTECs V Levels must build on BTEC’s proven strengths if they’re to deliver the workforce the UK needs Jessica Hill 2mo Freya Thomas Monk 2mo AI AI is reshaping our minds, not just our jobs AI is reshaping the very fabric of human cognition and unless leaders act, workers will face a crisis of… Jessica Hill 2mo Perry Perrott 2mo V Levels V Levels can streamline, but beware a re-badging exercise The government’s vision for a simpler skills system is welcome, but real reform means tackling deep-rooted issues like staffing,… Jessica Hill 2mo Robbie Maris 2mo Ofsted Thriving providers are the ones who’ve stopped performing for Ofsted Too many providers let data sit in dashboards instead of using it to shape strategy. National Grid’s forensic, forward-looking… Jessica Hill 2mo Kerry Boffey and Daniel Tingle 2mo Skills reform We saved a social care workforce pathway cut off by level 3 reforms Around 31,000 learners were potentially left without a route into social care, but NCFE’s intervention could be the lifeline… Jessica Hill 2mo David Rowley 2mo Politics FE is no longer Cinderella, it’s the government’s Fairy Godmother The post-16 white paper shows that even fairy dust can’t hide the lack of a clear purpose behind yet… Jessica Hill 2mo Holly Papworth 2mo Legal changes Candour becomes law – what Hillsborough Law means for colleges Borne from the tragedy of the Hillsborough disaster, the new duty of candour will make ethical conduct a legal… Jessica Hill 2mo Smita Jamdar and Kamal Chauhan 2mo Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 253 Older
