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The Staffroom: How to incorporate assistive technology

Assistive technology can improve access to learning and drive attainment, says Faye McLaughlin, and the best thing is you probably already have it at your fingertips

Opinion, edtech, The Staffroom - opinion

What’s stopping college campuses from going green?

New research reveals the challenges college campuses face in going green and shows how to start the net-zero journey, explains Tom Long

Opinion, Sustainability

‘Difficult to swallow’: Leaders criticise exam fee hikes of up to 17%

Exam boards will earn several million pounds more from schools and colleges – but say they have to cover the costs

News, Exams

How the Truss government could boost skills – without committing any new money

Funding and contracting rules are too bloated and bureaucratic for a start, writes Jane Hickie The new Truss government has promised a “fiscal event” before the end of September. This will essentially be a mini budget, setting out the new administration’s economic priorities. Truss has been clear in her view that she can boost economic […]

Opinion

Apprentice pay: ‘£4.81 an hour isn’t enough to live on. It’s crippling.’

Low-paid apprenticeships are becoming ‘unaffordable’ for learners and are contributing to low take-up, according to providers.

News, Apprenticeships

Nicki Hay, chair, Association of Employment and Learning Providers

Nicki Hay is the second ever chair – and its first female chair – of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers in its history. Can her messaging make the government credit ITPs at last?  “I like to get things done,” Nicki Hay, the new chair of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers, tells […]

Profiles

DfE begs Education and Training Foundation to return up to £7.5m

The charity earned a huge, unexpected surplus on a T Levels contract

News

The skills bill’s ambition cannot become reality without colleges

Royal assent for the bill moves the country closer to an employer-led skills system, but it can’t happen without providers on the ground, writes Alex Burghart Never in my lifetime have I known an economy so hungry for skills. There are 1.3 million vacancies out there. This is for many reasons, but the obvious ones […]

Opinion, Uncategorized, Skills reform

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 up the country, we need to level up skills. The much-anticipated levelling up white paper has made improving skills a core mission for the government, as it grapples with the entrenched regional inequalities which plague the […]

Opinion, Levelling Up