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Procured funding is unfair to independent training providers
Ian Ross explains why he has asked the education select committee to launch an inquiry into adult education budget funding It...
Ian Ross
Managing director, Whitehead-Ross Education and Consulting Ltd
Should college governors be paid for what they do?
The subject causes heated arguments, but surely the newly professionalised world of college governance would benefit from paying those with oversight,...
Susan Pember
Director of policy and external relations, HOLEX
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Traineeships – remember them? Well, they could be in for a welcome boost
Something of a surprise this week from the Department for Education – a press release about traineeships in which the skills...
Nick Linford
Editor, FE Week
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Making T-levels and A-levels the only options of choice – really?
Don’t force young people to choose solely between A and T level, argues Bill Watkin. Instead, let’s understand that T-levels and...
BILL WATKINS
Chief executive, Sixth Form Colleges Association
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The FE sector needs to prepare for what parity with HE will actually involve
Further education will need to contend with scrutiny from the Office for Students to access funding prescribed by the Augar review,...
MARTIN VINCENT
Head of education at law firm Weightmans
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On the job T-level placements: how we can avoid a high-vis failure
If there are not enough willing employers capable of designing and delivering good-quality work placements, T-levels may prove to be an...
PROFESSOR EWART KEEP
Director of SKOPE, Oxford University
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Banks’ power diminished with insolvency threats – but a short-term gain for long-term pain?
Despite the lack of media attention, the government’s introduction of the college insolvency regime now being tested on Hadlow College is,...
Nick Linford
Editor, FE Week
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Communities pay the real price when an FE college shuts down
Spectacular failures could be the cost for a more innovative FE sector, says Mick Fletcher. But is it a price worth...
MICK FLETCHER
Founder member of the Policy Consortium
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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 of FE,...
SAM PARRETT
Group principal and chief executive, London & South East Education Group
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Let’s develop a skills ecosystem, emphasising cooperation
As we contemplate the future of the skills system, let’s think in terms of devolution and localisation, says Ewart Keep The...
PROFESSOR EWART KEEP
Director of SKOPE, Oxford University
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