Adult education

It’s dumb to leave adults lagging in the AI revolution

Without better funding for local learning, adults with weak digital skills cannot hope to keep up with AI…

Jessica Hill
Caroline McDonald
The Staffroom – opinion

Students still haunted by Neolithic instincts in the social media age

Our kids are consumed by friendships but social media is pushing it out of control

Jessica Hill
David Murray
The Uncivil Servant

No teaching experience? You’ll fit right in at the DfE

The dangers posed by generalist civil servants who have never stepped inside an FE college

Jessica Hill
Andrew Otty
Apprenticeships

Wolf’s apprenticeship proposals would be a devolution howler

Employers are best placed to lead training needs – and Baroness Alison Wolf’s idea of devolving funding to local…

Jessica Hill
Ben Rowland
The Staffroom – opinion

Shifting the FE college culture to a four-day teaching week

South Essex College Group was the first known college group to roll out a four-day teaching week. Two years…

Jessica Hill
Adam Fahey
GCSE resits

More targeted interventions are key to GCSE resit success

A one-year ‘GCSE step’ course would better support those resit students that are furthest behind

Jessica Hill
Dr Alice Eardley


Apprenticeships

Degree apprenticeships are affordable and vital for growth

Depriving graduates of apprenticeship opportunities helps no one and will stifle productivity

Jessica Hill
Tom Bewick
AI

Hello Future: How we in FE can shape our own AI revolution

As AI transforms FE, we stand at a crossroads where those who lean in can influence the future and…

Jessica Hill
Debra Gray
The Uncivil Servant

Five steps to fix FE pay

The FE sector’s influence on the government is clearly lacking but there are some easy-win solutions to make Whitehall…

Jessica Hill
Andrew Otty
Skills reform

AI skills: Building a workforce for the future

As the government lays out its blueprint to turbocharge AI, skills minister Jacqui Smith sets out the steps being…

Jessica Hill
Jacqui Smith
The Staffroom – opinion

We turned GCSE English resitters into novelists

How Barking & Dagenham College’s CPD initiative encouraged teachers to innovate – turning GCSE English resitters into published authors…

Jessica Hill
Petra Melville and Mark Hyde
Careers advice

Now it’s time for ITPs to step up on careers advice

Meeting the Gatsby Benchmarks framework of careers guidance should no longer be optional for ITPs

Jessica Hill
Kate Roberts