Opinion

Further Education: the heart of post 14 learning?

When Professor Wolf published her report in March 2011 she made a number of key recommendations that would crystallise...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

A chance for change at Skills Funding Agency

The announcement of the retirement of the head of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and the head of the...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

The meaning of freedom

Colleges and other providers are promised significant new freedoms by the coalition government in the way they are governed...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

AoC survey reveals a ‘worrying’ drop in low level learners

Worrying trends have been revealed in the recruitment of Level 1 and Entry Level students. In their latest survey...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Government publish FE Choices

Private providers ahead of FE colleges in government learner satisfaction survey. Learners think private training providers listen and respond...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Profiles

Helena Kennedy QC, Labour peer and barrister

“This is no misery memoir,” says the Labour peer and barrister Helena Kennedy of her upbringing in the south...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Does satisfactory require improvement?

Ofsted has announced a consultation which will propose replacing the ‘satisfactory’ grade with ‘requires improvement’ for all further education...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

The merits of an FE loans system debated

Pictured above from left to right: Paul Warner, AELP, David Hughes, NIACE, and Martin Doel, AoC, at the EMFEC...

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FE Week Reporter
News

The ACE new system for apprenticeships

The new online certification system for apprenticeships, designed to reduce bureaucracy and improve quality, has been launched. Apprenticeship Certificates...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter