Curriculum

More than a number: why our exam grade fixation needs to change

Curriculum squeeze hinders colleges from focusing on learners' real priorities at the start of their journeys. So what can...

JL Dutaut
Kevin O'Hare
Assessment, Curriculum

Revealed: Two college principals appointed to Labour’s curriculum review

Academy trust leaders, a SEND consultant and exam experts among those appointed to work with Professor Becky Francis

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Curriculum

Character education is vital and should be explicitly taught

Amid rapid change, uncertainty and a mental health crisis, character education has never been more important to our role...

JL Dutaut
Rebecca Tigue
Curriculum

Let’s arm students with the skills to shape their futures

Further education is a beacon of human rights education – but knowledge of these must be complemented with the...

JL Dutaut
Dan Shercliff
Curriculum

Enabling colleges to deliver the Advanced British Standard

The current proposals are ambitious but largely unachievable within current conditions

JL Dutaut
Gemma Simmons-Blench
Curriculum

Seventy-five years on, human rights education matters more than ever

Our new survey aims to capture human rights education’s place in FE and how we can support more colleges...

JL Dutaut
Dan Shercliff
Curriculum

Education must adapt to deliver the key employment skills of a changing workplace

A new NFER report suggests it’s time to revisit the national curriculum to embed six employment skills that will...

JL Dutaut
Luke Bocock