Jacqui Smith has spelled out a vision for FE we can all get behind The skills minister’s keynote address to the Association of Colleges fills me with enthusiasm for the future of the sector
Labour must end the scandal of FE teacher pay Teachers have absorbed the blows of a decade funding cuts through their pay cheques and it’s hurting them, the sector and their students
Labour can do much better than simply tweaking the levy The government should learn the lessons from decades of levy forerunners to bring about a more fundamental re-modelling of the current apprenticeship model
Our three recommendations to the government’s Level 3 review The review must take students’ needs as its starting point to decide on the right mix of qualifications
Why I won’t give up on our English GCSE resitters English can be a powerful intervention for students’ mental health as well as their future prosperity. That’s why we can’t give up on resits
We can’t afford complacency in the fight for BTECs Defunding these qualifications is ill-informed and the risk is too high for learners, colleges and universities
What FE thinks of Ofsted – and how to improve it A new report reveals the good and bad of college inspection and hopes to shape a nuanced debate about improving its processed and outcomes
Neglecting over-50s in the training world must change – here’s how we do it Recruiting and retaining older learners and creating inclusive training programmes that meet their needs are imperatives
Level 3 qualifications reform poses a risk to digital skills BTECS are an essential part of skills training for the digital sector, for which no replacement yet exists