Spring budget Budget 2023: A competent affair but with glaring missed opportunities John Cope distils yesterday’s announcements to find a budget lacking in expansive vision and visible expenditure, but with encouraging… JL Dutaut 3y John Cope 3y Apprenticeships AAC 2023: We’re at a pivotal moment to reshape apprenticeships The Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2023 might be over, but from functional skills to social mobility, there’s a lot to… Shane Chowen 3y Kirstie Donnelly 3y The Staffroom – opinion How to make your digital development programme ‘go faster’ Steven Spence sets out the process by which The Sheffield College arrived at a sustainable and sustained model for… JL Dutaut 3y Steven Spence 3y Apprenticeships How can ITPs monitor and improve learner engagement? ITPs can and must better understand their learners’ ambitions and benchmark engagement across employers to drastically improve provision, explains… JL Dutaut 3y Brad Tombling 3y Apprenticeships The real reasons half of apprentices drop out of their scheme Oliver Sidwell delves into nine years of programme reviews to find out why apprentices really leave and what can… JL Dutaut 3y Oliver Sidwell 3y Apprenticeships Functional skills are not fit for the purpose of qualifying apprentices Functional skills are an off-putting part of the apprentice experience and the whole curriculum needs a complete rethink to… JL Dutaut 3y Sue Pittock 3y Apprenticeships Improving apprenticeship achievement rates starts with showing how much we value them New research from AELP with City & Guilds makes it clear that the apprenticeships are not perceived as valuable… JL Dutaut 3y Jane Hickie 3y Lifelong Learning The devil lurks in the detail of government’s lifelong loan response Some clarity on the lifelong loan entitlement is welcome, but the debate over access to lifelong learning is far… Shane Chowen 3y Gordon Marsden 3y Apprenticeships How ITPs can ensure more SMEs benefit from levy transfer More upheaval is not necessary if ITPs use their unique place and the capacity they’ve built to leverage more… JL Dutaut 3y Jon Graham 3y Work experience How mandatory work experience could be a win for colleges New Social Market Foundation research shows colleges could benefit directly and indirectly from a universal work experience offer, says… JL Dutaut 3y Niamh O Regan 3y The Staffroom – opinion Time in student services transformed my approach to learners While the staffroom debates whether this generation of learners are ‘snowflakes’, student service support is coolly preventing an avalanche… JL Dutaut 3y David Murray 3y T Levels Alumni agree: Losing BTECs will exclude many from success New life histories research adds the voices of alumni to the chorus of concerns about the scrapping of BTEC,… JL Dutaut 3y Susan McGrath and Maia Madhvani 3y Newer 1 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 255 Older
