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Goodbye Keegan – hello Burghart

The departing skills minister did well to lead in a pandemic but was too college-focused, writes Jane Hickie There is no doubt that Gillian Keegan brought prominence to the FE agenda as minister for apprenticeships and skills. Indeed, she was the first former apprentice to hold the office. Leading on the FE white paper and […]

Opinion, Politics

Donelan is Minister for Further and Higher Education

Donelan will represent further and higher education at Cabinet

News, Politics

Ministers ponder pilot scheme for ‘mini-UTCs’ within schools

Amid a boost in student numbers, the UTC programme is looking to start running provision from existing schools

News

Ofsted to review tutoring reforms

The watchdog has been commissioned by ministers to review the catch-up policy.

News, Ofsted

I have sometimes felt I am just a money generator for college

A “bums on seats” mentality in FE can result in more focus on spreadsheets than on human relationships, writes Jason Boucher Although I have been a teacher of sorts for 19 years, I have only been in FE since 2016. What a journey it has been.    A military man beforehand, I bring a particular perspective […]

Opinion, The Staffroom - opinion

Focus feature: College improvement

How do you improve a college with a demoralised staff, a financial notice, a bad Ofsted and a haemorrhaging learner roll? Jess Staufenberg speaks to those with the huge task of college turnaround Everyone can name the scandals in further education. Leaders who perhaps once gained recognition, but later had to step down as their […]

Feature, News, Colleges, Long read

Welcome to the white land of FE, Nadhim Zahawi

When the Cabinet is more ethnically diverse than FE leadership, the sector should be ashamed, writes Andy Forbes Well, what a positive move from Boris Johnson! A big welcome to Nadhim Zahawi, England’s first education minister of BAME background, someone who fled Iraq as a Kurdish refugee and started school in a local comprehensive in […]

Opinion

Prison education: Too many reviews, too little action

Let prisoners have a say in changes to prison education too, writes Jon Collins Prison education has suffered more during the pandemic than education in the community. Prison lockdowns and a lack of access to digital technology have led to an almost complete hiatus that is only now beginning to ease.  The new year-long review […]

Opinion

Reformers demand action in face of yet another prison education review

Sector bodies hope a new Ofsted review will answer whether promised reforms will ‘ever get turned into reality’

News