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Inside the college sector with an educational, societal and cultural mission

Their idyllic rural settings, historic buildings and strong links with local communities have enabled land-based colleges to diversify their income streams in innovative ways to survive. Jessica Hill investigates what the future holds for England’s land-based college sector. Land-based education sits at the forefront of the biggest crises facing our world, from food scarcity to […]

Feature, News, land-based colleges, Long read

Adult ed: Fewer adults taking level 2 and 3 courses

Figures indicate fewer adults from deprived backgrounds

News, Adult education

‘We never had a secretary of state whose heart was in further education’

Tim Leunig, the brains behind some of the biggest education policies of the past decade, knows that some of the opinions he’ll be sharing in his new role as an FE Week columnist will raise some eyebrows. But he has never been shy about courting controversy. We meet at Westminster Abbey, where Leunig gives me […]

Profiles, Long read, Politics

Almost 50 jobs at risk as college seeks £1m savings

Staff angered at ‘kick in the teeth’ plans

News, Colleges

Rachel Bown, FE lecturer of the year

Rachel Bown was crowned the FE lecturer of the year at the 2023 Pearson National Teaching awards for the inspirational PE teaching she does at her small specialist college, Fairfield Farm in Wiltshire. But Bown is inspiring not just for her teaching.  After a brain tumour left her blind in one eye and at one […]

Profiles, Long read

Social mobility rests on realising the vision of all-age careers provision

A single unified careers system can catalyse social justice and ensure employers and individuals can fulfil their ambitions

Opinion, social mobility

Interview: Meet AELP’s new CEO, Ben Rowland

Ben Rowland has just finished his first week as chief executive of the Association for Employment and Learning Providers. He tells Shane Chowen about his plans to rebuild membership following a turbulent period and get decision-makers face-to-face with private providers As a child, Ben Rowland remembers one Christmas day when his mother invited three people […]

Feature, News, Profiles, Long read, Training Providers

The Staffroom. The role changes but the value of technicians is permanent

Brian Enefer reflects on the value of the role he has undertaken for City College Norwich for his entire working life – and how it has changed since 1968

Opinion, The Staffroom - opinion

Family learning: Where next for the ‘hidden jewel’ of adult education?

Family learning programmes have had to fight for survival in a competitive funding environment that demands quantifiable outcomes for learners. But the provision, which involves adults and children learning together, now seems to be enjoying a bit of a revival, with over 20 per cent more people taking up family learning courses in 2022-23 than […]

Feature, News, Community Learning, Long read