Opinion

The end for Britain’s ‘conveyor belt’ of skills

The Government’s announcement to lengthen the duration of apprenticeships will help to ensure better quality workers which is vital...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Why Adult Learners’ Week matters now more than ever

The national awards ceremony for Adult Learners’ Week kicks off a week of similar events across the country this...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Achieving excellence in teaching and learning

Recommendations in the latest report from the Commons education select committee offer an opportunity for a parallel, if not...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

City College Norwich develops federation model

City College Norwich (CCN) is developing a federation model alongside two academies and a potential University Technical College (UTC),...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Profiles

Gordon Birtwistle, MP for Burnley

Growing up in rural Lancashire, the young Gordon Birtwistle wanted to be a joiner and undertaker. But while he...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Uncategorized

FE loans market research published by BIS

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has published a research paper detailing how learners feel about the...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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FE is ‘very different kettle of fish’

The fast-approaching FE loans policy has been labelled as “very complex to implement”, “difficult to market” and cause for...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

The future of adult learning

Tom Wilson, director, UnionLearn, TUC     David Hughes, chief executive, NIACE Ever-rising levels of unemployment, lack of skills...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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FE loans to be called “24+ Advanced Learning Loans”

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has revealed to FE Week that the new FE loans system will...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter