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The Skills for Jobs White Paper shows the college sector is being recognised for the work it does, says outgoing FE commissioner Richard Atkins

Feminism doesn’t always get as much attention as it perhaps deserves – but it’s still as important as ever to the lives of our young people, writes Helen Mars. She explains how to embed its principles in every area of school life, from the classroom to the staffroom

Exam board ‘looking at switching’ from exams to teacher-assessed grades in countries where exams have been cancelled

Some say the FE White Paper is too focused on employers – but employers are the ones with the jobs, says Iain Mackinnon

Flexibility must be built into the Lifetime Skills Guarantee so each provider can gauge local needs, writes Julie Mills

This teacher has set up a virtual staffroom to help fellow staff feel part of a community in lockdown

Podcasts have inspired our students to talk about their lockdown experience and concerns at college, says Debbie Bogard

EuroSkills Graz will now take place in September 2021 – but the ongoing uncertainty over Covid means the UK will not be participating, says WorldSkills UK chief executive

But just a quarter are willing to fund training themselves, new research by City and Guilds Group shows

The retention crisis in FE means too many college staff are told to teach outside of their subject, writes this lecturer

People, not employers, should always be central to everything the college sector does, writes principal Ian Pryce

Preferred candidate for chair of Office for Students says degree apprenticeships target would be ‘extraordinary shift’