Opinion

Wolf Report three years on: Legacy of reform could be “disaster for the country”

As part of a series of articles in the wake of the third anniversary of the Wolf Report, David...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Promoting the debate on what a successful college looks like

Nobody more than college principals knows the wide-ranging effects of an Ofsted rating. Lynne Sedgmore makes the case for...

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FE Week Reporter
News

What has happened to 14 to 19 vocational education?

Three years ago this month, the Wolf Report on the future of vocational education for 14 to 19-year-olds was...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Dyslexia — more than just a term

Abandoning the term dyslexia could have far-reaching consequences. Catherine Davidson looks at the situation for college learners. It is...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Charting the progress of a new FE success status

Chartered Status has been on the cards for FE for more than a year with Skills Minister Matthew Hancock...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Time for a different FE story

The FE sector has been hit hard by tightening Treasury purse strings, prompting 157 Group policy, PR and research...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Are higher apprenticeships the new alternative to university?

Karleen Dowden outlines her attempt to persuade school leaders, at the Association of School and College Leaders’ two-day annual...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Government ‘is wrong to cull qualifications simply because of their size’

The government cull of publicly-funded adult qualifications comes under the critical gaze of Martin Tolhurst Readers will doubtless agree...

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FE Week Reporter
Profiles

Mary Bousted, general secretary, Association of Teachers and Lecturers

Dr Mary Bousted’s route to the top job at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers was (ATL) entirely unconventional....

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter