Sustainability

Sustainability: One giant leap on FE’s journey to net zero

Barry McCarron introduces a new sector-led proposal for sustainability action and says providers urgently need to get better at...

JL Dutaut
Barry McCarron
Colleges, Sustainability

Smaller colleges cold-shouldered by energy capital funding

New energy capital funding announced this week was allocated based on learner numbers rather than need, which some leaders...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Sustainability

£500m for schools and colleges to make buildings more energy efficient

Allocations range from £1.8m to £10k and colleges can decide to spend it on 'other capital projects'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Long read, Sustainability

Focus feature: Green FE teacher shortages could hold back net zero

Research and reports on green skills shortages are not in short supply - but the people needed to teach...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Sustainability

Four priorities to tackle green industry’s diversity problem

The environmental sector has a diversity problem and further education has a central role in ensuring environmental justice is...

JL Dutaut
Fay Holland
Sustainability

Net zero: level 2 qualifications are crucial to green skills

Retraining our workforce to meet the country’s net zero obligations must start at level 2, writes Graham Hasting-Evans

JL Dutaut
Graham Hasting-Evans
Sustainability

What’s stopping college campuses from going green?

New research reveals the challenges college campuses face in going green and shows how to start the net-zero journey,...

JL Dutaut
Tom Long