Apprenticeships

Five reasons apprentices like me are dropping out

Training providers are struggling to give clear instructions on what’s expected of apprentices, writes Dexter Hutchings I started my…

Jess Staufenberg
Dexter Hutchings
Inclusion, The Staffroom – opinion

This is what I’ve learnt as a staff member with ADHD

Staff can use the term ‘ADHD’ flippantly, but a thorough understanding and compassion for the diagnosis is needed, writes…

Jess Staufenberg
Richard Moody
Multiply

Councils are taking wildly different approaches to Multiply

Hard-to-reach learners won’t be helped by the programme if councils engage the same old providers, writes Ian Ross It…

Jess Staufenberg
Ian Ross
Opinion

Could better investment in skills derail future train strikes?

Training and upskilling opportunities are an important way to improve job satisfaction and retention in essential jobs, writes Kirstie…

Jess Staufenberg
Kirstie Donnelly
Opinion

Collaboration between AELP, AoC and HOLEX is hugely important

The resilience of FE will be tested in the year ahead. Here are five key takeaways from our recent…

Jess Staufenberg
Jane Hickie
Opinion

Thousands of students could be left without a qualification to study

Unless ministers take a slower, more iterative approach to T Levels, our analysis suggests many learners could be left…

Jess Staufenberg
David Hughes


Opinion

This is how digital tech can improve interviewing skills

We beat NASA to win a top technology award because of our innovative software for learners, writes Matt Jarvis…

Jess Staufenberg
Matt Jarvis
Opinion

Here are the moving stories we heard from people who really want to skill up

People with caring responsibilities and disabilities must be properly understood if they are to access the lifelong loan entitlement,…

Jess Staufenberg
Ed Reza Schwitzer and Patrick Thomson
Opinion

Let’s prioritise skills spending on level 4 to level 7

Suggestions that training spend should be limited to those with the lowest qualifications are misguided, writes Mandy Crawford-Lee In…

Jess Staufenberg
Mandy Crawford-Lee
Opinion

FE badly needs empowered students to make its case to government

The NUS no longer has the resources to keep flogging the dead horse of FE student advocacy, writes Jim…

Jess Staufenberg
Jim Dickinson
FE Week Podcast

The FE Week Podcast: Ofsted in the spotlight

Come and inspect the inspectorate with The FE Week Podcast! Education journalist Jess Staufenberg speaks to former inspectors, current…

Jess Staufenberg
The FE Week Podcast
Opinion

FE still needs better links from classroom to career

Completing a qualification, however successfully, is inadequate preparation for students entering the world of work, writes Fredericka McFarlane We…

Jess Staufenberg
Fredericka MacFarlane