“Oh, someone’s dealing with that” Supporting mental health in FE
“Oh, someone’s dealing with that.” is a phrase that I have heard from both further education and higher education staff. What they are referring to…
Richard Daniel Curtis
Robotics – A new era in Vocational Training?
Last week saw the European Vocational Education Week take place. This pan-Europe event celebrates the work of the sector and discusses the reforms taking place.…
The unintended impact our brain has on our learners
The brain is a pretty amazing organ, it does so many wonderful things, what’s not to love about it? It helps us make decisions, it…
Report: How the workforce feel about supporting apprentices
The recent report by The Mentoring School, “How the workforce feel about supporting apprentices“, summarises the results of a survey conducted with 100 random employees,…
A culture for supporting apprentices
Alone in a room with a computer, Harriet (not her real name), is sat in front of a computer panicking. She has no idea what…
Looking after the mental wellbeing of young people
Next month I’m chairing a London conference on mental health in the workplace and it’s got me thinking about the work we do in the…
Who looks after the apprentices?
Who’s educating the workers about apprentices? What do the staff your apprentices work with think of apprenticeships? Odds are that it doesn’t quite match what…
The overlooked gap in the apprenticeship industry and what some training providers are doing about it
With the apprenticeship levy just around the corner many training providers are working with their large (and smaller) employers to scale up the size of…