Young people

We can’t afford complacency in the fight for BTECs

Defunding these qualifications is ill-informed and the risk is too high for learners, colleges and universities

JL Dutaut
David Phoenix
Young people

Level 3 qualifications reform poses a risk to digital skills

BTECS are an essential part of skills training for the digital sector, for which no replacement yet exists

JL Dutaut
Julia Von Klonowski
Colleges, Young people

The budget could bake in government inefficiency, unless…

The chancellor’s plan to cut spending review periods down to two years is a recipe for poor decision-making. Just...

JL Dutaut
Andrew Otty
Young people

The ‘opportunity mission’ is alive in Hull – and should be nationally

Amid the crises facing secondary education, FE has an opportunity to craft a purposeful, skills-based education for all who...

JL Dutaut
Ben Lydon
Colleges, Young people

BGT’s Alesha’s singing the praises of ‘game changing’ T Levels

The philanthropist-funded campaign hopes to boost parents' confidence in the new qualification

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Young people

Five priorities for the Francis review to power up skills

Drawing on Edge Foundation’s research, here's how the curriculum and assessment review could make our skills system the envy...

JL Dutaut
Olly Newton
Young people

What FE wants from the curriculum review (and beyond)

Colleges will benefit greatly from an improved curriculum offer along these lines, but this review alone can’t fix all...

JL Dutaut
Anne Murdoch
Young people

BTEC survival hope after Smith’s policy shift

Courses that 'overlap' with T Levels faced the cut under plans inherited from the Conservatives

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges, Young people

How to stick it to the DfE on 16-19 disadvantage

FE is self-improving on tackling disadvantage with little help from navel- gazing organisations and no encouragement from DfE, writes Andrew Otty

JL Dutaut
Andrew Otty