student finances

Let colleges finish the job started by the pupil premium

Schools have proved pupil premium funding works, so don’t turn off the taps at 16

Jessica Hill
David Hughes and Dr Alice Eardley
Apprenticeships

Apprentices are struggling: What employers can do to support them

Apprenticeships have long been a valuable pathway into skilled professions but in recent years the model has faced significant…

Jessica Hill
James Kimble
Opinion

How to write for FE Week

Your how-to guide to getting published in FE Week

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges

Colleges are well placed to help break the cycles of crime

We’re exploring what FE colleges can do to help prison leavers rehabilitate and build meaningful careers

Jessica Hill
Nina Champion
misogyny

We can’t leave Andrew Tate to educate our working-class boys

After years of society identifying young men as a problem, we must realise patriarchal structures hurt them too

Jessica Hill
Dr Alex Blower
The Staffroom – opinion

Summing up Multiply as we bid it goodbye

Multiply divided opinion, but does it really add up to end the scheme while so many still struggle with…

Jessica Hill
Peter Whitehead


financial literacy

Amid cuts to adult education we must focus on financial literacy

Many adults struggle with financial literacy – let’s make sure that adults skills funding cuts and the end of…

Jessica Hill
Rachel Staples
Construction skills

Qualification challenges threaten government’s housing mission

Too few college construction courses equip learners with the skills employers need, leaving many unprepared for work

Jessica Hill
Neil Jefferson
The Staffroom – opinion

Being an effective ally for the 5%

Words are cheap if they’re not backed by action. There are questions managers should be asking themselves about equality

Jessica Hill
Haroon Bashir
Colleges

The 50-hour work experience policy: Ambition versus reality

How the government’s vision of 50 hours of work experience for every school and college student might be realised

Jessica Hill
Mark de Backer
T Levels

Everyone’s T’eed off, so let’s dig in to make T Levels work

It’s gone from bad to worse for T Levels but there’s a route to recovery for education’s battered ‘gold…

Jessica Hill
James Scott
Apprenticeships

We’re driving apprenticeships forward and speeding past 60

The sector should be proud after pushing QAR rates up through collaboration and sheer hard work

Jessica Hill
Ben Rowland