Policy

Four recommendations to build construction’s workforce

Construction is under increasing pressures and a fragmented skills system is a barrier to meeting the challenges

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Graham Hasting-Evans
Workforce strategy

FE should lead recruitment – and ministers can make it happen 

Christian Warden reflects on recommendations for education and skills in the Building the Future Commission’s 2024 report

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Christian Warden
edtech

How I’ve integrated AI in my everyday teaching

These AI apps have been hugely beneficial to me and my learners – and you can pick them up…

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Adil Hussain
resits

Resits: Colleges can do a lot – but they could do much more with some flexibility

Colleges can’t make the progress we need nationally on resits outcomes without some accommodations in policy

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Asfa Sohail
resits

Research shows the resits policy needs a complete rethink

New analysis by the EPI shows the resit policy is helping least the learners who need it most, explains…

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Robbie Maris
Sustainability

Colleges can take the lead now to go beyond net zero

The further education sector is in the perfect place to lead the nation on decarbonising heating – and ministers…

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Tim Leunig


Skills shortages

A new centre for excellence is redefining how to tackle skills shortages

Regional partnerships between FE and HE like this could deliver much-needed momentum in addressing workforce gaps

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Mandi Syrett
Staffroom – Opinion

How to personalise PE for learners with SEND

Rachel Bown explains how the STEP model can help easily differentiate PE to fully engage all learners

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Rachel Bown
Curriculum

Seventy-five years on, human rights education matters more than ever

Our new survey aims to capture human rights education’s place in FE and how we can support more colleges…

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Dan Shercliff
sexual misconduct

Addressing the unspoken: Why colleges must take harassment seriously

Failure to acknowledge sexual misconduct as an issue for every provider is perpetuating harm and damaging the whole sector’s…

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Ruth Sparkes
Politics

When it comes to antisemitism, all our students are vulnerable

Jane Baker reflects on rising antisemitism’s impact on her SEND college learners and urges other leaders to ensure their…

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Jane Baker
AI

Three ways AI could transform the EPA landscape in 2024

How AI could make a significant difference to a strained end-point assessment system (and why it’s no panacaea)

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Tad Chapman