The Staffroom – opinion
As school avoidance and elective home education soar, thousands of young people risk falling through the cracks without qualifications….
Anne-Marie Francis
Politics
The Prime Minister’s decision to wrench skills policy from the Department for Education and place it in a new…
Tom Bewick
Online safety
The weakness of age checks shows Ofcom’s regulations for social media companies don’t go far enough
Rob Faulkner
WorldSkills
Embedding WorldSkills UK’s excellence framework into everyday teaching helped redefine success for students who came to college with a…
Michelle Bibby
Curriculum and Assessment Review
The youth-led shadow curriculum and assessment review sets out 14 bold recommendations for a more inclusive, relevant and empowering…
Amira Campbell
AI
In FE, no single teacher, regulator or IT lead can keep pace with AI’s risks and opportunities. But together…
Michael Webb
Qualifications
By banning AGQs, ministers risk pushing thousands of young people out of education and employers into a skills crisis
James Kewin
SEND
How can building design uplift neurodivergent students? We’ve identified key gaps in the government’s design guidance for SEND colleges,…
Craig Van-de-Velde and Paul Turpin
Prison education
Nearly half of prisoners arrive without qualifications, yet functional skills achievements in prisons are rising fast through a blend…
Mark Dewell
Opinion
In Canada, a CEO recently told me that for every dollar invested in research and development (R&D) in colleges,…
Hamish Ride
Higher education
Freedom of speech has been a major issue for FE colleges lately, and now those that are also providers…
Trish D’Souza
English and maths, Results 2025
For too many, compulsory GCSE resits are a treadmill to nowhere. Without proper investment in alternative pathways, the government’s…
Dipa Ganguli
