FE Week Podcast The FE Week Podcast: The great pay divide Are staff struggling to make ends meet? Are they on unstable contracts? In the first of a new investigative… Jess Staufenberg 4y The FE Week Podcast 4y Politics, Skills reform Two significant skills bill amendments need to be backed by government Report stage gets underway in the Commons on Monday Billy Camden 4y David Hughes 4y Skills reform Make 2022 the year FE is unchained at last FE is the best place for adults to upskill – but it needs lobbyists in parliament, writes Andy Forbes… Jess Staufenberg 4y Andy Forbes 4y The Staffroom – opinion Theory is being wrongly applied in classrooms It’s easy to be blinded by the scientific theory and not think carefully about each learner, writes Jennifer Wilkinson… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jennifer Wilkinson 4y net zero Sustainability is now the ‘fourth functional skill’ Students at AELP’s first-ever green skills summit say sustainability should be learnt alongside English, maths and digital, writes Nichola… Jess Staufenberg 4y Nichola Hay 4y Opinion New branding isn’t enough to drive up demand for HTQs Level 4 and 5 qualifications have historically suffered from a perception problem, writes Ian Pretty Next September, the first… Jess Staufenberg 4y Ian Pretty 4y Apprenticeships The 3 top challenges to unlocking prison apprenticeships Practical issues still remain to be worked through, writes Peter Cox “One huge benefit that apprenticeships would provide is… Jess Staufenberg 4y Peter Cox 4y Opinion The OfS is – mostly – correct to say colleges should work closely with schools The benefits run both ways – but the OfS should not expect colleges to drive school improvement, writes Marion… Jess Staufenberg 4y Marion Plant 4y Levelling Up World-class skills will level up local communities For the UK to attract the investment that will level up communities, we need world-class skills, writes Neil Bentley-Gockmann…. Neil Bentley-Gockmann 4y Neil Bentley-Gockmann 4y Levelling Up Levelling up reforms don’t match scale of the challenge Skills inequalities are holding back entire communities and cannot be solved on the cheap, writes Dean Hochlaf To level… Jess Staufenberg 4y Dean Hochlaf 4y Levelling Up Levelling up: Has an optimistic proposal missed the mark on skills training? From talk of widespread devolution and the recognition of skills in socio-economic development, the ‘levelling up’ white paper offered… Mark Dawe 4y Mark Dawe 4y The Staffroom – opinion Staff voices get marginalised in hierarchical workforces Lecturers for ‘lower ability’ groups are sometimes not treated with the same respect as A-level staff, writes Chantal Brown… Jess Staufenberg 4y Chantal Brown 4y Newer 1 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 247 Older