Opinion

Much ‘to be decided’ on model for trainees

Traineeships were put firmly on the FE agenda by sector minister Matthew Hancock this month when he revealed plans...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Caution on Baker’s bold education change call

Lord Baker’s new book, 14-18: A New Vision for Education, sets out radical changes to the education system and...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Careers guidance is for life, not just for classrooms

The Education Select Committee’s review of careers guidance came to worrying conclusions about the quality of service being offered...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Profiles

Beatrix Groves, president, Institute for Learning

“I did it all back to front, upside-down and mostly part-time,” says Institute for Learning (IfL) president Beatrix Groves,...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Call for education to ‘split’ at 14

Former education secretary and father of the national curriculum Lord Baker has called for a back-to-basics revamp of England’s...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Redefine apprenticeships, says thinktank

Apprenticeships should be redefined as “intensive three-year training programmes” to help curb the 31 per cent A-levels drop-out rate,...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Critics hit out at A-level reform plans

FE groups across the sector have condemned education secretary Michael Gove’s proposal to overhaul A-levels. Mr Gove said from...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Contract suspended after ‘missing data’

A troubled provider’s £4.5m contract with the Skills Funding Agency has been suspended after “errors and missing data” were...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Union blasts FE loans

The NUS has branded FE loans a “dangerous policy” and raised a number of questions over the new system...

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FE Week Reporter