How leading-edge practice can entice the policymakers
Oct 26, 2012
Look at what is happening on the ground if you want to understand the way that things are moving, says Sarah Robinson. Developing more coherent arrangements for the...
Warwickshire plans for a rosy future in China
Oct 19, 2012
A shared bottle of wine can lead to many things – including the first UK-backed FE college in China. Mariane Cavalli, principal and chief executive of Warwickshire College,...
We face challenges, but it’s not all gloom
Oct 19, 2012
Speakers at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers’ (AELP) autumn conference in Leeds addressed a number of issues, including rising apprenticeship numbers and FE loans. Association chief...
Training providers exploited and undervalued
Oct 19, 2012
Last week Peter Cobrin’s article on the FE Week website highlighted that all was not well in the world of training providers. In this second article he considers...
Stop, start, sideways; that’s how adults learn
Oct 19, 2012
The jobs market of the future will be unrecognisable to most of today’s workers — education needs to grasp that to do best by its learners, says David...
Our future depends on how we teach FE learners
Oct 19, 2012
New FE proposals on teacher training have been formulated by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) and are up for consultation. Toni Fazaeli, chief executive at the...
