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
Staffroom - Opinion

Students still haunted by Neolithic instincts in the social media age

Our kids are consumed by friendships but social media is pushing it out of control

Jessica Hill
David Murray
Staffroom - Opinion

Shifting the FE college culture to a four-day teaching week

South Essex College Group was the first known college group to roll out a four-day teaching week. Two years...

Jessica Hill
Adam Fahey
Staffroom - Opinion

We turned GCSE English resitters into novelists

How Barking & Dagenham College’s CPD initiative encouraged teachers to innovate - turning GCSE English resitters into published authors...

Jessica Hill
Petra Melville and Mark Hyde
Staffroom - Opinion

A social media ban wouldn’t stop the need to educate

An Australia-style ban would only leave colleges picking up the pieces of social media misuse. We need to start...

JL Dutaut
Pete Middleton
Staffroom - Opinion

The Staffroom: Why you should check your pension without delay

If it feels like a low priority, treat it like sharing in some arcane secret or discovering an old...

JL Dutaut
David Murray
Staffroom - Opinion

What is racial fatigue and how can colleges combat it?

Six tips and three questions to help every college in its efforts to create safe and inclusive environments for...

JL Dutaut
Haroon Bashir
Staffroom - Opinion

Reconnecting learners with English as a language art

A poetry competition is just the thing to bring English language to new life for disaffected learners

JL Dutaut
Philip Trivett
Staffroom - Opinion

How we’re supporting NEET learners at Harlow College 

Our programme to re-engage young people with education is proving both popular and successful. Here’s how it works

JL Dutaut
Sophie Evans and Tracy Mucci