Opinion Reply: The case to cut BTECs and applied generals is misinformed The ‘muddled’ case for cutting BTECs shows a lack of understanding of what employers, young people and the economy… Shane Chowen 3y Bill Watkin 3y The Staffroom – opinion The Staffroom: Helping learners develop their writer’s voice Reducing cognitive load and scaffolding learners’ progress allows them to do more than learn discrete skills, says Kerry Scattergood…. JL Dutaut 3y Kerry Scattergood 3y Teaching Online learning: Placing efficiency and quality at the AI revolution’s heart Mark Dawe scopes out the dawning landscape of a sector revolutionised by online and blended learning and sets out… JL Dutaut 3y Mark Dawe 3y Skills reform Keegan should stick to her guns and show BTECs both barrels Gillian Keegan should ignore her nay-sayer predecessors and make the change that will finally deliver world-class technical education JL Dutaut 3y Jon Yates 3y Politics Spring budget: Time for politicians to put money where their mouth is It’s time to stop telling us ‘more needs to be done’ and start doing it, writes David Hughes. The… JL Dutaut 3y David Hughes 3y Adult education Digital skills: Gaps and shortages mean it’s time to scale up to level up Expanding expertise and resources is necessary to tackle skills shoratges and a lack of diversity in the digital sector,… JL Dutaut 3y Mark Smith 3y Students Improving social mobility demands better data on FE outcomes New research shows FE courses lead to better earnings but their social mobility potential is limited by patchy and… JL Dutaut 3y Alun Francis 3y Teaching What FE should learn from edtech’s pandemic legacy (and what it shouldn’t) Edtech’s pandemic legacy should not be defined by buyer’s remorse but by the clear need for a longer-term strategy… JL Dutaut 3y James Earl 3y Leadership Four principles to ensure lesson observations make the grade Observations have been an evolving part of education’s quality assurance for 25 years and must continue to evolve to… JL Dutaut 3y Steven Tucker 3y The Staffroom – opinion The Staffroom: The road to employment for students with SEND Students with SEND are massively under-represented in the workforce but high aspirations and simple actions can begin to change… JL Dutaut 3y Gail Stonier 3y net zero Sustainability: One giant leap on FE’s journey to net zero Barry McCarron introduces a new sector-led proposal for sustainability action and says providers urgently need to get better at… JL Dutaut 3y Barry McCarron 3y Apprenticeships Apprenticeships: Bounce-back stalls and disparities persist The post-pandemic bounce-back in apprenticeships starts doesn’t appear to be sustained and age disparities continue to widen, writes Lisa… JL Dutaut 3y Lisa Morrison Coulthard 3y Newer 1 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 247 Older