Mapping the skills debate across the opposition benches - @jessjanehill.bsky.social @feweek.bsky.social looks at how today’s parties are positioning themselves on FE and skills. buff.ly/RB120Ep #education #educationnews

A powerful and important piece - thank you, Ben Bastin, for bringing such clarity to an issue that too often gets overlooked. Find out more about our awareness week starting on Monday at specialistfe.com #ThePowerofSpecialistFE

As youth NEET figures stubbornly hover around 950k, @jessjanehill.bsky.social goes behind the scenes to find out what it takes for FE providers to keep young people *in* education and training feweek.co.uk/how-neet-pro...

Reform UK are certain Nigel Farage will be the next prime minister. What would that mean for further education, skills and training? Here's what @feweek.bsky.social's @jessjanehill.bsky.social found out at their party conference last weekend: feweek.co.uk/reform-plots...

New @learnworkuk.bsky.social research with YFF shows only 1 in 4 NEETs is getting help to find work or education. Huge challenge w/ 1m NEETs, rising sharply since the pandemic. Government's Youth Guarantee in England needs to be expansive & more ambitious. learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re...

Reform’s turquoise wave is rising fast, but its education agenda is a choppy mix of culture wars, cuts and contradictions. We investigate what the party leading the polls would have in store for FE and skills

"The inclusion I’m worried about is the poor kid that comes in wanting to work hard, but the rest of the class are messing about and won’t let them." Great interview in @feweek.bsky.social with @alunfrancis.bsky.social. His knowledge and insights are fascinating. feweek.co.uk/alun-francis...

Green Skills Advisory Panel: FE’s 'secret weapon' for net zero training. More from @feweek.bsky.social @jessjanehill.bsky.social buff.ly/3KdGdYz #education #educationnews

Our commissioning editor @jessjanehill.bsky.social has put together this excellent how-to guide on writing opinion pieces for @feweek.bsky.social We would *love* to see more of your views, insights and ideas published on our website and in our newspaper feweek.co.uk/how-to-write...

ESOL is more than just a language—it’s about sustainability and future-ready skills! Our Advanced #ESOL Practitioner, Sam Pepper, spoke with @feweek.bsky.social about how we’re embedding the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (ESD) into our lessons. 📖 Read more 👉 bit.ly/FEWeekESOL

Ahead of the Spring Statement, our Chief Executive and General Secretary, @simonparkinson.bsky.social, has written an open letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves outlining the benefits of adult learning. Read letter online: thewea.info/chancellor_l... #adulteducation #budget #springstatement

A fascinating view into a world of apprenticeship funding claims gone wrong, how the ESFA investigates and whether expensive "errors" should amount to a disqualification for the directors responsible. feweek.co.uk/former-appre...

This #CollegesWeek2025 is an opportunity to celebrate the staff who work in our Colleges supporting adults & young people to make progress in their lives. However there aren't enough of them. This excellent piece by @jessjanehill.bsky.social is a must read feweek.co.uk/fe-college-t...

Yup - a great article from @jessjanehill.bsky.social. So great, in fact, that she joined me and @drthomaslancaster.bsky.social for an episode of my podcast on the issue of AI cheating by students. Cracking discussion. And terrifying in places. www.buzzsprout.com/1874905/epis...

For Schools Week, I delved into how much time pupils are really spending on their phones in schools. Does being a 'phone free school' really mean pupils are phone free? And does the answer lie in 'banning' phones, or should schools take a different approach? schoolsweek.co.uk/the-schools-...

College turnaround: The Hull Story feweek.co.uk/hullraisers-...

🦋 Our senior investigations reporter is now on Bluesky Follow @jessjanehill.bsky.social and check out her latest feature for @feweek.bsky.social uncovering the realities of teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages feweek.co.uk/a-day-in-the...