Colleges

Colleges are losing students in the system

When colleges miss their enrolment targets, the usual assumption is weak demand. More often, the problem may be a...

Jessica Hill
Antony Wambua
The Staffroom - opinion

A night in the cells set students free to play and make connections

A criminology residential in a preserved Victorian prison revealed something unexpected: when teenagers are given space to play, connection,...

Jessica Hill
Grace England
FE workforce

Colleges could pay teachers more but are choosing not to

The pay gap with schoolteachers is often blamed on funding but colleges need to confront uncomfortable truths about how...

Jessica Hill
Ian Pryce
Colleges

Northampton colleges plan to merge next year

The proposed group would have a combined income of more than £70 million

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Long read, Young people

How one FE college is turning the tide on NEETs

Jessica Hill visits a former branch of Debenhams, where Blackburn College has created the Launchpad hub to re-engage the...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
FE workforce

Teachers need work experience too if new pathways are to succeed

Regular, structured opportunities for teachers to refresh and develop their subject knowledge is vital

Jessica Hill
Jo Swindells
The Staffroom - opinion

It pays to be playful when launching new technology

Digital CPD too often overwhelms staff with instructions and tools they barely understand. So let them try to break...

Jessica Hill
Richard Harris
Colleges

WCG exits intervention

The college has agreed loans and campus sales to rebalance the books

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges, Young people

Population-spiked colleges scrabble for cash ahead of real-terms funding cut

Real-terms base rate cut of 0.5% could force principals to reevaluate provision and staff pay

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel