Skills reform Long read Local skills improvement plans: What the trailblazer reports look like Spanning over 500 pages in total, the “trailblazer” local skills improvement plans – a key plank of the government’s… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y net zero SMEs lack incentive to invest in green skills Not much is in place to encourage smaller construction businesses to go green, write Andrea Laczik and Kat Emms… Jess Staufenberg 3y Andrea Laczik and Kat Emms 3y Devolution Let’s have a new era of skills devolution to local leaders Being given responsibility for the AEB has allowed City Hall to drive an increase in Londoners retraining, writes Jules… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jules Pipe 4y The Staffroom – opinion Focus on vocabulary, and you improve attainment across subjects Staff can prevent ESOL learners from needing to stay an extra year if they get targeted vocabulary interventions early,… Jess Staufenberg 4y Saqib Brook 4y Skills reform The skills bill endgame ushers in a new age of paternalism The skills bill brings to a head over four decades of state-ist beliefs, writes Tom Bewick The skills bill… Jess Staufenberg 4y Tom Bewick 4y Apprenticeships Don’t solely blame ‘the careers system’ for low apprenticeship starts Many of the issues putting young people off apprenticeships are in the control of employers and providers, not careers… Jess Staufenberg 4y Laura-Jane Rawlings 4y SEND Digitising EHCPs does not solve the huge waiting lists for them Students are still desperately waiting for education, health and care plans – and this support should continue into HE… Jess Staufenberg 4y Sam Parrett 4y SEND Specialist SEND colleges go unmentioned in the green paper – that must change The government should mandate local authorities to include specialist colleges in the new inclusion plans, writes Clare Howard Nadhim… Jess Staufenberg 4y Clare Howard 4y The Staffroom – opinion We have more unaccompanied asylum-seeking students, but not enough support Vulnerable refugee learners are being moved around between local authorities, threatening their education, writes Beth Moore At just 16… Jess Staufenberg 4y Beth Moore 4y Opinion Lessons from a newcomer to further education Agreeing on priorities, and working with other sectors on behalf of learners, can drive the sector forward, writes Naomi… Jess Staufenberg 4y Naomi Phillips 4y Opinion Here are 5 ways ministers can improve prison education now Yet another review has found that prison education fails learners at every stage. Action must be taken straight away,… Jess Staufenberg 4y Francesca Cooney 4y Opinion Why doesn’t Eton offer its ‘transformative support’ to all colleges in Dudley, Middlesbrough and Oldham? Eton’s decision to reject a non-selective intake at its new sixth-form colleges says it all, writes Tom Richmond For… Jess Staufenberg 4y Tom Richmond 4y Newer 1 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 247 Older
