Apprenticeships Young people can’t choose the pathways they can’t see Despite the efforts of the Baker Clause, apprenticeships remain a mystery to students, parents and society in general. A… Jessica Hill 3mo Dale Walker 3mo Skills reform For Skills England to succeed, the sector must lead Skills England is already on borrowed time, because no quango survives the churn of Westminster. If the sector wants… Jessica Hill 3mo Mark Dawe 3mo Colleges To lead on inclusion, FE needs more neurodiverse thinkers at its top tables If the sector wants innovation, empathy and resilience, it must open the door to the leaders who think differently Jessica Hill 3mo Imran Mir 3mo Careers We’re training brilliant digital talent only for employers to overlook them While ITPs race ahead on AI, skills and retraining, hiring practices remain stuck in the past Jessica Hill 3mo Ben Cheema 3mo Colleges A volunteer-led approach could break the resit failure cycle The new 100-hour rule for English and maths may increase teaching time, but without personalised support, it won’t shift… Jessica Hill 3mo Tim Dalton 3mo Apprenticeships I was NEET for 2 years. Developing soft skills saved my future My journey from automated rejections to an RSC apprenticeship shows why soft-skills programmes aren’t a ‘nice to have’, they’re… Jessica Hill 3mo Hassan Ahmed 3mo Young people There’s widening participation, but narrowing mental health support More disadvantaged learners are entering FE and HE, but stretched services mean many can’t access the help they need Jessica Hill 4mo Imran Mir 4mo Young people The NEET crisis won’t be solved by fashionable theories Billions in piecemeal initiatives won’t reverse youth inactivity, and claims of ‘deficit thinking’ risk obscuring what’s actually happening. Only… Jessica Hill 4mo Alun Francis 4mo Colleges The AI governor is in the boardroom AI offers clarity, speed and strategic insight, but only if boards are brave enough to evolve. The augmented governor… Jessica Hill 4mo Perry Perrott 4mo Colleges Chair of governors’ journey is as perilous as a motorbike ride Leading a college governance team presents dangers every bit as daunting as a pool of oil in the road… Jessica Hill 4mo Michael Davis 4mo Colleges How a £25m crisis and intervention forced us to rebuild – and made Brooklands stronger Six years under FE Commissioner intervention pushed our college to the brink. But the debt, disruption and scrutiny forged… Jessica Hill 4mo Christine Ricketts 4mo Colleges When you look, suicide dangers are everywhere in our colleges Given the numbers of students who take their own lives, we must seek answers to the crisis unfolding across… Jessica Hill 4mo David Murray 4mo Newer 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 263 Older
