Opinion The DfE must realise the arts are key to the future of engineering Many of the skills and behaviours in creative digital qualifications are transferrable to the STEM sector, writes Ann Marie… Jess Staufenberg 4y Ann Marie Spry 4y Opinion Let’s not undermine a much-needed and loved institution The triple whammy facing the much-loved Northern College can be avoided, writes Sue Pember, a former DfE director who… Billy Camden 4y SUE PEMBER 4y Opinion FE colleges need to seek advice from environmental sustainability experts Teaching sustainability will increase student employment prospects – but we’re still not doing it properly, writes Dora Martínez Carbonell… Jess Staufenberg 4y Dora Martínez Carbonell 4y Opinion Here are 3 lessons Covid taught us about learners with autism Transition from school to college in particular needs to be improved for students with autism, writes Jeannie Christina Many… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jeannie Christina 4y Opinion The DfE should follow up some recommendations in the Commission on Race The Commission on Race has many shortcomings but there are interesting suggestions in the section on education and training,… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jeff Greenidge and David Hughes 4y News, Opinion Sponsored AAC 2021 | An opportunity to look to recovery and the future of apprenticeships At the FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC) in 2020 we all gathered in Birmingham knowing that it was… Shane Mann 4y KIRSTIE DONNELLY 4y Opinion, Uncategorized If your college isn’t in a careers hub, here’s the evidence it should be Colleges already do well with employer links, but new research shows they have a better chance with the hub… Jess Staufenberg 4y Oli de Botton 4y Opinion Whitehall is failing as a moral leader on apprenticeship targets Whitehall chiefs, headteachers and local government leaders should have their performance and pay incentives linked to hitting the apprenticeship… Jess Staufenberg 4y Tom Bewick 4y Opinion The Commission on Race is a spectacularly badly-timed distraction The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities seeks to lay responsibility for painful lived experience at the door of… Jess Staufenberg 4y Anjali Shah 4y Skills reform For its ‘national recruitment campaign’ the DfE should look to the Armed Forces Recruitment of service leavers with the skills to rise through the ranks in FE makes sense, writes Campbell Christie… Jess Staufenberg 4y Campbell Christie 4y Opinion We must tackle the worrying trend in digital skills and qualifications Our latest report reinforces findings that the digital skills gap is gendered and has regional biases, writes Emma Roberts… Jess Staufenberg 4y Emma Roberts 4y Opinion Why are numeracy skills in adults still so low? Despite interventions and investment, maths ‘phobia’ continues to hold learners back, writes Dipa Ganguli Are you a parent, or… Jess Staufenberg 4y Dipa Ganguli 4y Newer 1 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 232 Older