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How to do lesson observations that don’t scare everyone

Employers keeping score stops lesson observations from being a real development opportunity, writes Neil Jones Lesson observation at our college used to be regarded as an annual hurdle to jump. For less confident teachers (and I mean confidence here in the context of doing their job whilst having someone observing and judging their work) it could be […]

Opinion, The Staffroom - opinion

Scrapping smaller level 2 qualifications would be a national disaster

Many of the small qualifications the government wants to scrap are the best stepping stones for vulnerable individuals, warns Adrian Grove The announcement last month of a consultation on technical and academic qualifications at level 2 and below has sent shockwaves across the further education sector. Claims that the current offering is “too crowded”, with […]

Opinion, Skills reform

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 386

Jenny Jarvis Interim chief executive officer, Education and Training Foundation Start date: April 2022 Previous Job: Deputy CEO, Education and Training Foundation Interesting fact: As part of her commitment to lifelong learning, Jenny attended the Gordon Cook Conversations, as well as being a Windsor leadership fellow. Jonathan Porter Technical Advisor for Engineering, City and Guilds […]

Movers and Shakers

How the education select committee looks now

The parliamentary education committee has welcomed five new members in the past year after several MPs stood down or took frontbench jobs. The current committee looks very different to the one formed in early 2020 following the last general election. The political make-up of select committees is determined by representation in the Commons, with parties […]

News, Politics

Local skills improvement plans: What the trailblazer reports look like

Spanning over 500 pages in total, the “trailblazer” local skills improvement plans – a key plank of the government’s “employers-first” skills reforms – have been published. Shane Chowen takes a look to see if they live up to the hype. The pros and cons of an “employers-first” skills policy have filled column inches in FE Week since […]

News, Opinion, Skills reform

SMEs lack incentive to invest in green skills

Not much is in place to encourage smaller construction businesses to go green, write Andrea Laczik and Kat Emms This week, the Department for Education published its sustainability and climate change strategy. It includes pledges such as all FE staff integrating sustainability into their teaching, and new capital projects being evaluated on whether they are […]

Opinion, net zero

Lia Nici, prime minister’s parliamentary private secretary

Lia Nici is the first ever FE teacher to be the prime minister’s ‘eyes and ears’ in Westminster – his parliamentary private secretary. She tells Jess Staufenberg why complaining about the system is not the answer Lia Nici is waving at me from the other end of Portcullis House. There’s a relaxed Thursday afternoon feel […]

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DfE climate change strategy: New FE teachers will be required to build sustainability into their teaching

Existing college staff will however not be required to include sustainability into their teaching

News, net zero

NUS is ‘systemically anti-Semitic’, and 3 other things Zahawi said at education committee

The education secretary gave evidence to MPs this morning

News