Opinion

Wilshaw couldn’t resist final swipe at colleges

Sir Michael Wilshaw couldn’t resist another high profile opportunity to bash colleges. It’s clear that his support team, including...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Skills Show Results 2016 by competition

Full list of results by competition area for the 2016 WorldSkills UK Skills Show competition finals.    Competition Forename...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Editor Asks: David Hughes in conversation (part 2)

Part two of our wide-ranging interview with the new AoC boss David Hughes covers the new FE commissioner, area...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Congratulations to Exeter College for topping our new FE league table

Exeter College has come out top – with a perfect 16 out of 16 score – in the inaugural...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Skills Show is the ‘future’ of Britain, Halfon says

The Skills Show is the “future of our country” that will help bridge a growing skills gap with world-class...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Live with Linford at AoC Conference 2016

Nick Linford, editor of FE Week, is out-and-about during AoC Conference 2016 bringing you all the news, gossip and...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

It’s all about apprenticeships: what are colleges waiting for?

Colleges are sadly still proving themselves to be out of step with the seismic shift in funding priorities towards...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

College sector ignoring minister’s cash warning as private providers clean up

Colleges have failed to take up the apprenticeships challenge laid down a year ago by former skills minister Nick...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Editor Asks: Apprenticeships minister Robert Halfon on government u-turn on funding cuts

As it turned out, my exclusive interview with the new apprenticeships minister Robert Halfon was conducted just hours after...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford