The apprenticeship quality assurance is not fit for purpose
EDSK researcher Eleanor Regan writes on why regulation of apprenticeship provision should be taken away from the Department for Education and focus more on the role of the employer.
Quick fixes no replacement for long term hospital discharge plans
Richard Humphries, Senior Advisor to The Health Foundation, sets out his thoughts on the effectiveness of the Government's hospital discharge programme.
Could T Levels reduce the ‘chronic’ skills shortage in manufacturing?
Make UK's director of policy Verity Davidge discusses how T Levels can benefit the manufacturing sector and what is holding employers back from fully engaging with them...
We should design the social care sector of the future now
Dr Ruth Allen, Chief Executive of the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) sets out her thoughts on the delay.
Rishi Sunak’s maths to 18 plan does not add up
Association of School and College Leaders general secretary Geoff Barton discusses how a lack of teachers could undo maths to 18 and why there could be a better way of equipping young people...
Social care sector sticking plaster solutions are seldom sustainable
David Sinclair argues that short-term changes to immigration or NHS language rules might well be necessary, but such sticking plaster measures are seldom sustainable in the longer...
How reclassification could affect college governance
Fiona Chalk, experienced board member and chief executive of education consultancy Governance4FE, looks at how the Skills and Post-16 Education Act led the ONS decision and what we can learn...
EdTech: The Key to Customized Learning and Inclusion in the Future of Education
Chief executive of Cognassist, Chris Quickfall, explains how edtech can be used to spot learners' needs early on and allow educators to provide support based on evidence.
Care tech is vital in meeting future challenges in care sector
Andrew Coles, CEO of Person Centred Software, outlines his thoughts on the current and future role CareTech can play in alleviating the challenges facing the care sector.
Has government inaction allowed the Labour Party to set the agenda on skills policy?
Gareth John, chief executive officer of First Intuition, rates the Conservatives’ and Labour’s skills reform programmes…
Far from fixed: Britain’s Prime Minister inherits a social care system on the brink
Natasha Curry, Deputy Director of Policy at the Nuffield Trust, outlines exactly what is facing Liz Truss or her successor as they look to revive the adult social care sector.
Time for decisive action in the social care sector
Janine Tregelles CBE, CEO of Revitalise, says that with the uncertainty that has plagued the health and social care sector for the last three years, action must be taken swiftly and...
Social care has fallen prey to willful neglect
Kari Gerstheimer, CEO and Founder of Access Social Care, argues that years of neglect by politicians has put parts of the sector on the verge of being unsafe due to not enough staff being...
Skills revolution - how Tees Valley's devolved approach is shaping the future
Helen Kemp, Group Director of Business and Skills for the Tees Valley Combined Authority, discussed their experience as one of the first local authorities to run its own AEB...
The financial strain on FE colleges is unsustainable
As unions and college leaders negotiate staff pay amid a cost of living crisis and ever-increasing pressure on budgets, Association of Colleges deputy chief executive Kirsti Lord tells The...
The care cap fixes one issue, but many more remain unresolved
Charles Tallack, Director of Data Analytics at the Health Foundation and former chief analyst to the Dilnot Commission, believes the care cap introduced as part of the new...
The Escalating Crisis in London's Adult Social Care Sector
Dr Caroline Green, Post-Doctoral Fellow at the National Institute for Health and Care Research’s (NIHR) Applied Research...
Shaping the Future: Key Developments Impacting Sixth Form Colleges
Chief executive of the Sixth Form Colleges Association Bill Watkin charts how changes such as bringing colleges into the public sector could affect - or not affect - post-16...