skills

The industrial strategy is quietly remaking skills policy

We should get used to priority sectors getting first dibs on limited new skills funding, writes Mike Crowhurst

Shane Chowen
Mike Crowhurst
Higher education

Think tank calls for FE-style franchising crackdown in HE

Planned DfE reforms to franchising amount to 'regulatory negligence', says The Post-18 Project

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, Assessment

Ofqual publishes ‘flexible’ apprenticeship assessment rules

Watchdog sets out how it will do away with end point assessment and monitor training providers marking their own...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, SEND

FE Commissioner: Beware of ‘hero’ principals and ‘dominant’ chairs

Natspec's annual conference also hears that the future of post-19 EHCPs 'has not been agreed' ahead of major SEND...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges

Government ends college decarbonisation grants scheme

Programme to lower college energy bills will not be awarding any more grants, it has been confirmed

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Skills reform

How to become a technical excellence college

Eligibility criteria include ratings for teaching quality, financial health and construction credentials

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Editorial

FE Week 500: Further education doesn’t stand still, and nor will we

In a sector too often overlooked, FE Week has stood firm, independent, impartial and committed to great journalism. That’s...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Opinion

No podium without pipeline: Formula 1 offers unlikely blueprint to tackle skills divide

Alice Gardner distils lessons from F1’s proactive education partnerships for the rest of the skills sector

Shane Chowen
Alice Gardner
Opinion

Constant rule changes are undermining apprenticeship improvement

While reform is necessary, its relentless pace is undermining stability, damaging improvement and eroding trust, argues Lou Doyle

Shane Chowen
Louise Doyle