In this week's podcast, the Tes FE team Julia Belgutay and Kate Parker talk about the week's biggest stories.

They are joined by Association of Colleges' chief executive David Hughes to discuss the research on lost learning and student progress, and the new chief executive of the Prisoners' Education Trust Jon Collins talks about the need for prisoners to have access to digital learning.

They reflect on the success of the new FE heroes feature and hear from Sam Ross, a Down's syndrome campaigner on how to support students at college.