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What Ofsted found during their pilots of autumn visits
Pilots of Ofsted’s autumn visits suggest that the FE and skills sector is more than rising to the challenges of these...
PAUL JOYCE
Deputy Director for FE & Skills, Ofsted
A university learning experience is very different to what a typical inspector will be familiar with
Ofsted doesn’t ‘get’ higher education, says Greg Walker, and is not the right regulator for degree apprenticeship courses. Inspectors don’t understand...
DR GREG WALKER
Chief Executive, MillionPlus, the Association for Modern Universities
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Apprenticeships will become unprofitable if ineligible costs excluded from funding bands
The Institute for Apprenticeship and Technical Education’s new funding band proposals are a step forward, but still need to address the...
SIMON ASHWORTH
Chief Policy Officer, Association of Employment and Learning Providers
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Sending a hundred students home so soon was a reality check
One case of Covid-19 among the staff had an immediate impact on how we could run the college, writes Sam Parrett...
SAM PARRETT
CEO, London South East Colleges
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Without a clear plan for virus control, colleges have been left to guess
Lack of a blueprint for keeping colleges safe partly explains why one college even considered ‘alternate weeks’, writes Stuart Rimmer My...
STUART RIMMER
CEO, East Coast College
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How can we be in financial intervention yet ineligible for Covid relief?
Being turned down twice for relief funding feels like we are losing out partly because of our hard work, writes Chris...
CHRIS MALISH
deputy chief executive, Bradford College
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Why route reviews are so critical for the future of technical education
The resumption of route reviews is a wonderful opportunity for us to consider together how technical education can play a more...
ANA OSBOURNE
Deputy Director for Technical Education Occupations and Qualifications, the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
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DEBATE: Should FE colleges lose autonomy to make course choices?
On 17 January 2020, FE Week was first to report that the government was working on new legislation in the form...
NICK LINFORD
Editor, FE Week
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Loss of some autonomy for colleges is a step in the right direction
Appointing regional FE directors would enable colleges to stop competing and work together for the best learning provision, writes Tom Richmond....
Tom Richmond
Founder and director, EDSK
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Lockdown learning actually suits some students better
It’s worth bearing in mind the lessons of lockdown as we all return to the ‘new normal’, writes Amanda Wayling There...
AMANDA WAYLING
lecturer, Brooklands College
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