AAC2022, Apprenticeships, net zero

Apprenticeships in green skills sectors require joined-up thinking

Apprenticeships can only meet our green skills needs if we follow the lead of employers, and link up across...

Jess Staufenberg
Jennifer Coupland
Covid-19, net zero

FE has been highly responsive in the pandemic – now to face climate change

With the government’s final climate change strategy due next month, Tim Oates says sound policy is needed for FE...

Jess Staufenberg
Tim Oates
net zero

Sustainability is now the ‘fourth functional skill’

Students at AELP’s first-ever green skills summit say sustainability should be learnt alongside English, maths and digital, writes Nichola...

Jess Staufenberg
Nichola Hay
net zero

Net zero in FE: ‘Why aren’t we doing this yet?’

With the world’s eyes on the UK at COP26, Jess Staufenberg looks at who’s coming up with a proper...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
FE Week Podcast, net zero

The FE Week Podcast: Reaching net zero, careers guidance and research in FE

This week Shane is joined by college principal Ian Pryce and the chief operating officer of an independent training...

Jess Staufenberg
FE Week Podcast
net zero

Make climate education compulsory and give us £1.5bn to build sustainable campuses, colleges tell government

Their demands have been made in a letter signed by 150 college bosses to prime minister Boris Johnson and...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
net zero

Colleges ‘key’ to net zero strategy, says government

Ministers are aiming to support 440,000 net zero jobs by 2030

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
net zero

The future of colleges: Is the sector ready for the climate emergency?

The college sector will play a major role in transitioning the economy to meet carbon reducation targets. But are...

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
net zero

We are all responsible for acting on sustainability

Colleges must put sustainability at the heart of their teaching – and that means far more than tweaking the...

JL Dutaut
Cerian Ayres