Opinion

“What if FE had a transfer window?” asks Dr Sam Parrett.

Could the football transfer process work in the regulated world of FE? It’s worth a try, says Sam Parrett...

Sam Parrett
DR SAM PARRETT OBE
Opinion

What we can learn from the sad story of Hadlow College

Many of the recommendations in the long-awaited report from Philip Augar should be implemented now to protect the future...

Sam Parrett
SAM PARRETT
Opinion

Subcontracting shouldn’t be a master-servant relationship

With money tighter than ever, the further education community needs to find more ways to work together, writes Sam...

Sam Parrett
Sam Parrett
Opinion

What the FE sector should be saying about Progress 8

Colleges and providers are in agreement: school league tables are a terrible way to measure FE learners’ progress. Sam...

Sam Parrett
Sam Parrett
Opinion

Don’t judge colleges on Progress 8!

The government’s wrong-headed performance measures do not work for 14-to-16 provision, and cannot give vocational learning the credit it...

Sam Parrett
Sam Parrett
Opinion

How to embed Prevent in college life

It’s not enough just to do the bare minimum, argues Sam Parrett, who believes colleges have a true duty...

Sam Parrett
Sam Parrett
Opinion

UTCs should be allowed to recruit at 11

To circumvent the problem of recruitment at 14, LSEC is setting up a vocational free school – a UTC...

Sam Parrett
Sam Parrett
Opinion

Investing in maths and English

Sam Parrett explains how her college met the challenge of a 300 per cent increase in the number of...

Sam Parrett
Sam Parrett