Apprenticeships

Industry collaboration and better pay boost apprenticeships

Meeting the needs of employers and trainees can reverse recent decline in apprenticeships

Jessica Hill
Samantha Ainsley
Long read

From rival to collaboration – the key to success in FE

Wigan & Leigh college principal Anna Dawe demonstrates how collaboration is power if regions are to fully harness the...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges

FE is becoming an attractive career move for HE leaders

FE is gaining traction as a career choice for HE professionals ready to make a meaningful difference

Jessica Hill
Paul Aristides and Paul Horgan
Colleges

Legal win fails to spark Catholic sixth form academy bids  

A suggestion that sixth forms could form their own trust faces barriers from bishops who aren't used to power...

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

Ban mandatory bikini waxes on beauty students, says mum

A college tutor wrongly claimed a 16-year-old needed to undergo waxing to pass her course

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
ESOL

Is it time for England to revisit a national ESOL strategy? 

Devolution and reform have brought change to ESOL provision but the emphasis now should be on building social and...

Jessica Hill
Ziya Moustafa
mergers

To merge or not to merge – that is the question

Cash-strapped colleges should appraise the merits of a merger to avoid having structural change thrust upon them

Jessica Hill
Ian Valvona
Colleges, sixth form colleges

Sixth form college academisation reaches tipping point

But some principals doubt whether the Labour wants new academy conversions

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
The Staffroom - opinion

We took a hard look at soft skills to prepare students for work

Heart of Worcestershire College’s 5Cs initiative integrates attributes demanded by employers into every aspect of student experience

Jessica Hill
Julie Breakwell