student finances

Let colleges finish the job started by the pupil premium

Schools have proved pupil premium funding works, so don’t turn off the taps at 16

Jessica Hill
David Hughes and Dr Alice Eardley
Colleges

Colleges are well placed to help break the cycles of crime

We’re exploring what FE colleges can do to help prison leavers rehabilitate and build meaningful careers

Jessica Hill
Nina Champion
Colleges

Revealed: £302m college condition allocations

DfE also dishes out additional £20m to Leeds and Greater Manchester to help manage student population surge

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Long read

Attending to the problem

Exclusive data reveals student absenteeism has got worse across further education since the Covid lockdowns – but colleges are...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
misogyny

We can’t leave Andrew Tate to educate our working-class boys

After years of society identifying young men as a problem, we must realise patriarchal structures hurt them too

Jessica Hill
Dr Alex Blower
The Staffroom - opinion

Being an effective ally for the 5%

Words are cheap if they’re not backed by action. There are questions managers should be asking themselves about equality

Jessica Hill
Haroon Bashir
Budget 2025

Spring statement 2025: What the chancellor announced for FE

Adult education and skills could be hit by 'another £200m' in cuts in coming years, expert warns

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Construction skills

Qualification challenges threaten government’s housing mission

Too few college construction courses equip learners with the skills employers need, leaving many unprepared for work

Jessica Hill
Neil Jefferson
Colleges

The 50-hour work experience policy: Ambition versus reality

How the government’s vision of 50 hours of work experience for every school and college student might be realised

Jessica Hill
Mark de Backer