Bulletin

Rising volleyball star does good

A young volleyball star received a national award for his dedication to helping others get the most out of...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Bulletin

Surprise inspection leads to high health rating

Budding chefs at a Midland college restaurant have been deemed squeaky clean after a surprise inspection by environmental health...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

It’s time for impartial advice for learners

The Education Select Committee looked at the issue of careers guidance and produced a report that questioned the impartiality...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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...

FE Week Reporter
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,...

FE Week Reporter
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...

FE Week Reporter
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,...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter