investigation, Long read
Young people fleeing conflict, oppression and destitution in their home countries are arriving in England in record numbers. In…
Jessica Hill
Long read, RAAC, specialist colleges
Clare Howard, chief executive of Natspec, the body representing specialist colleges, is determined to get their voices heard. But…
Jessica Hill
Long read, Skills reform
Gillian Keegan is determined that local skills improvement plans will ease the nation’s skills crisis. Jessica Hill lifts the…
Jessica Hill
Long read, Training Providers
The last ten years has seen a gold rush of global private equity (PE) companies seeking to make the…
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read
Colin Booth’s 40-year career has taken him from teaching anything anybody would pay him for, whilst living homeless in…
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Long read
The biggest losers in the government’s mission to boost apprenticeships are traditional crafts for whom the term “apprenticeship” was…
Jessica Hill
Devolution, Long read
The mayor claims to have used her adult education budget to target areas where change was needed most, but…
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read
Ian Pryce believes FE “hasn’t been good” at telling the story of how 30 years of college independence from…
Jessica Hill
Long read, Qualifications, Skills reform
High-profile workforce shortages in the travel industry haven’t stopped the government’s plans to defund rafts of popular courses. Jessica…
Jessica Hill
Long read, Politics
As a coalition government seems increasingly likely, FE looks to the Lib Dems’ Munira Wilson to see if the…
Jessica Hill
EDI, Long read, Politics
In the wake of the shocking murder of George Floyd by a police officer on the streets of Minneapolis…
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read
A decade of direct entry has seen nearly 13,000 14-16 students taught in colleges
Jason Noble
