Apprenticeships Functional skills qualifications have never been essential Good riddance to functional skills qualifications in adult apprenticeships – it’s been putting off learners and employers in their… Jessica Hill 3mo Ben Rowland 3mo Apprenticeships Making the case for functional skills in apprenticeships Let’s not forget just how vital functional skills are, for tackling inequality as well as boosting growth Jessica Hill 3mo Heather Akehurst 3mo Apprenticeships Functional skills for adults are too vital to give up on Adult literacy and numeracy rates are already woeful, let’s not make them even worse by scrapping functional skills for… Jessica Hill 3mo Stephen Evans 3mo The Staffroom – opinion The staffroom: Let’s move beyond compliance with equality impact assessments Colleges that integrate equality impact assessments into decision making will improve their efficiency and reputation Jessica Hill 3mo Gail Pringle 3mo Higher technical education This is the turning point for higher technical education After years of being overshadowed by traditional academic routes higher technical education is finally gaining momentum Jessica Hill 3mo Claire Foreman 3mo Curriculum reform Chaos and contradictions: Francis review response round-up Francis review officials stand little chance of digesting the mountain of responses their questions have created, or making sense… Jessica Hill 3mo Andrew Otty 3mo Apprenticeships Apprenticeships serve the public – so devolve them Whitehall holds too much power and big employers have learned to game the levy Jessica Hill 3mo Baroness Alison Wolf 3mo Ofsted Ofsted: You spoke, we listened, now scrutinise our plans Ofsted’s inspection reforms will reduce the burden of an inspection for staff and promote fairness Jessica Hill 3mo Paul Joyce and Lee Owston 3mo ESOL Is it time for England to revisit a national ESOL strategy? Devolution and reform have brought change to ESOL provision but the emphasis now should be on building social and… Jessica Hill 3mo Ziya Moustafa 3mo mergers To merge or not to merge – that is the question Cash-strapped colleges should appraise the merits of a merger to avoid having structural change thrust upon them Jessica Hill 3mo Ian Valvona 3mo The Staffroom – opinion We took a hard look at soft skills to prepare students for work Heart of Worcestershire College’s 5Cs initiative integrates attributes demanded by employers into every aspect of student experience Jessica Hill 3mo Julie Breakwell 3mo Governance College governance must play a key role in the AI revolution Colleges need to implement robust oversight over the use of AI to effectively lead in this revolution Jessica Hill 3mo Jenny Pharo 3mo Newer 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 233 Older
