Traineeships

Ending traineeships could be devastating for young learners

Ending traineeships could be devastating, especially for entry level learners and specialist training providers, writes Jane Hickie

Shane Chowen
Jane Hickie
Apprenticeships

Green apprenticeships: A matter of skills supply and demand

Net zero will be met by harnessing young people’s enthusiasm and ensuring everyone can train meaningfully for green jobs,…

JL Dutaut
Beth Chaudhary and Rachel Cooper
edtech, The Staffroom – opinion

The Staffroom: How to incorporate assistive technology

Assistive technology can improve access to learning and drive attainment, says Faye McLaughlin, and the best thing is you…

JL Dutaut
Faye McLaughlin
Opinion

Tuition in FE: Success depends on a better evidence base

The national tutoring programme has sparked thriving conversation and research about tuition, writes Alice Eardley, but FE is largely…

JL Dutaut
Dr Alice Eardley
Governance

Governance: An inward-looking culture misses risks and opportunities

College governance bears a heavy weight of responsibility and must lift its eyes to opportunities and threats on the…

JL Dutaut
Trudi Stevens
Opinion

ESOL: Significant unmet needs undermine levelling up

New DfE and census data show complacency on essential adult skills including ESOL could undermine the government’s economic ambitions,…

JL Dutaut
Alex Stevenson


Skills reform

Level 3 reform: Ministers must step back from the precipice

Ministers are ignoring the risks inherent in their proposed level 3 reform and pressing on based on bad advice,…

JL Dutaut
James Kewin
Leadership

Two Point Campus: Can a game teach educational leadership?

This campus simulator’s simple algorithm won’t teach anyone the ropes, writes Daniel Phillips, but it’s a reminder that leadership…

JL Dutaut
Daniel Phillips
The Staffroom – opinion

The Staffroom: Why digital learning is an opportunity for teachers

Sammy White sets out why the online learning revolution is not a threat but a boon for educators if…

JL Dutaut
Sammy White
edtech

Edtech: Tackling the elitism that excludes adult education

We must unpick the elitism at the heart of edtech if we’re serious about delivering ‘the world’s next Silicon…

JL Dutaut
Natalie Nezhati
Apprenticeships

Five ways to embrace new opportunities for apprenticeship inclusivity

Rupert Crossland sets out how new ESFA rules open up new opportunities to make apprenticeships more inclusive – and…

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Rupert Crossland
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships: The new report that leaves Sunak exposed

The new PM likes to say apprenticeships are key to growth but the EDSK’s new report reveals how broken…

JL Dutaut
Simon Fipp and Annabel May