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Averil Young, senior lecturer and union rep

It’s time to say auf wiedersehen to the old image of construction

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Colleges, Long read
Long read

Focus feature: College improvement

How do you improve a college with a demoralised staff, a financial notice, a bad Ofsted and a haemorrhaging…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Land-based, Long read
Long read

Land-based colleges lose millions in commercial income

From the drop in the price of cream to zero weddings, the land-based colleges sector has lost millions of…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Long read, SEND

Revealed: SEND centres for excellence model to expand with six new providers

Two years on, the sector’s ‘centres for excellence’ in special educational needs will be joined by mini-hubs. Jess Staufenberg…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Apprenticeships, Long read
Long read

Focus: Do employers set the bar too high for entry criteria to apprenticeships?

Employers are allowed to set their own entry criteria for apprenticeships, even though officially, no formal qualifications are needed….

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Should the Further Education Trust for Leadership be replaced?

The Further Education Trust for Leadership think tank will close this year. Should the model be replicated? Jess Staufenberg…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Long read, Skills reform
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Can the government fix the ‘confusing’ careers landscape?

The skills white paper sets the lofty ambition of a “clear, all-age careers system”. Will a former academic be…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg