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Ofqual must urgently allow teacher assessed grades for apprentices
All the stops on teacher assessed grades are being pulled out for GCSEs and A-levels, but yet again apprentices appear to...
Jane Hickie
managing director of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers
AEB procurement at a time of reform – what we now know
The nationally procured adult education budget contracts with the Education and Skills Funding Agency come to an end in July this...
NICK LINFORD
Editor, FE Week
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Here is a 7-point checklist to make sure the impending FE White Paper doesn’t fail
If the long-anticipated White Paper doesn’t recognise the needs of 2021, then it will fail like so many initiatives before it,...
Mark Dawe and Tim Blackman
chief executive, The Skills Network and vice-chancellor, The Open University
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We must steady the ship after the government’s half U-turn
After a week at sea like no other, the next big challenge is teacher-assessed grades, writes David Hughes This week we’ve...
David Hughes
chief executive, Association of Colleges
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Wishing you a healthy, merry Christmas and better times ahead
Jennifer Coupland reflects on the challenges of 2020 and looks ahead to what the new year will hold for apprenticeships I...
Jennifer Coupland
Chief Executive, Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
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Ministers have once again proven that FE is an afterthought for this government
Mind the gap! Warm words from ministers on skills can’t conceal the gulf between rhetoric and reality, writes Toby Perkins Three...
Toby Perkins
Shadow minister for apprenticeships and lifelong learning
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Thank you to everyone in FE for your extraordinary efforts
Virtual visits during lockdown have revealed many excellent practices to tackle Covid-19 in colleges, writes Gillian Keegan There has never been...
Gillian Keegan
Minister for apprenticeships and skills
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Why urgent support is needed to address UK skills deficit
New incentives are needed for businesses to train their employees for a post-Covid world, writes Guglielmo Ventura With the economy still...
Guglielmo Ventura
Research assistant, London School of Economics Centre for Vocational Education Research
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Staff must share their new resources with the whole sector
We need to identify and pool the ‘gems’ that staff have drummed up under lockdown, writes Linsey Taylor Prior to the...
Linsey Taylor
national head of online learning, Education and Training Foundation
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Decade-long projects can truly make changes for BAME staff and learners
Funding projects with long-term goals have a better chance of improving diversity and inclusion, writes Janet Curtis-Broni As we draw to...
Janet Curtis-Broni
group chief people officer, London and South East Education Group
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