Jessica commissions insightful opinion pieces and writes engaging investigations, features and profile interviews shining a light on the many political, social and financial challenges facing colleges and training providers. Her investigations have exposed the realities of life for those delivering prison education, the lack of available provision for NEETs, the large numbers of unskilled workers using fake ID cards to blag construction work, and the scale of the attendance crisis in colleges. She scooped a British Journalism Award in 2023 (and been shortlisted for two more since), and was named specialist journalist of the year 2024 in The Press Awards.