Opinion The Commission on Race is a spectacularly badly-timed distractionThe Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities seeks to lay responsibility for painful lived experience at the door of…Jess Staufenberg 6moAnjali Shah 6moOpinion For its ‘national recruitment campaign’ the DfE should look to the Armed ForcesRecruitment of service leavers with the skills to rise through the ranks in FE makes sense, writes Campbell Christie…Jess Staufenberg 6moCampbell Christie 6moOpinion We must tackle the worrying trend in digital skills and qualificationsOur latest report reinforces findings that the digital skills gap is gendered and has regional biases, writes Emma Roberts…Jess Staufenberg 6moEmma Roberts 6moOpinion Why are numeracy skills in adults still so low?Despite interventions and investment, maths ‘phobia’ continues to hold learners back, writes Dipa Ganguli Are you a parent, or…Jess Staufenberg 6moDipa Ganguli 6moOpinion The DfE has failed to work the industrial strategy into the skills white paperIt looks like the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy aren’t talking to…Jess Staufenberg 6moGraham Hasting-Evans 6moOpinion This is why we need an Association of ApprenticesApprentices are often isolated from their peers, and a mentoring and networking service can help reduce drop-out, writes David…Jess Staufenberg 6moDavid Marsh 6mo Opinion Overworked staff need clear guidance around teacher-assessed grades this yearStaff don’t need to provide cartloads of evidence for teacher-assessed grades, just enough to form a professional judgment, says…Jess Staufenberg 6moJill Duffy 6moOpinion The Chancellor did broadly the right thing with the Budget – now to deliveryThe government will need to be much quicker delivering what it announced in the Budget last week than its…Jess Staufenberg 6moStephen Evans 6moOpinion This is how I brought Swedish ‘fika’ to FE in EnglandIf staff are skipping lunch and only talk about work, they and their principals need to hear about fika,…Jess Staufenberg 6moVictoria Grimberg 6moOpinion Victims of county lines gangs easily go under the radar in collegesCreating a non-judgmental space for victims to discuss gang involvement in county lines would make a big difference, writes…Jess Staufenberg 6moTeresa Carroll 6moOpinion The government’s delay to Covid testing for students with training providers is disgracefulWe can ask why Covid testing is delayed for those on work-based learning routes – but there is no…Jess Staufenberg 7moJane Hickie 7moOpinion Our research on the ignored 16-to-19 attainment gap is disturbingIn the first study of its kind, the scale of the attainment gap for disadvantaged post-16 learners has been…Jess Staufenberg 7moDavid Robinson 7moNewer1234567891011157Older
