Opinion

On the right track: there is much that FE teachers can learn from elite athletes

Helen Van Aardt has identified eight things that athletes preparing for competition have in common with teachers An elite...

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
HELEN VAN AARDT
Opinion

Why I’m striking: a list of austerity’s devastating impacts

Since 2010 there has been a 16 per cent cut in funding for sixth-form colleges. Here, Andy Stone spells...

Billy Camden
ANDY STONE
Opinion

Transforming how funding levels are set for training apprentices

The way apprenticeship funding levels are set will be overhauled following complaints from employers. The new chief executive at...

Billy Camden
JENNIFER COUPLAND
Opinion

It’s time to take on the subcontracting profiteers

Subcontractors account for more than 10 per cent of ESFA funding. They need overseeing properly, says Simon Ashworth It...

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SIMON ASHWORTH
Opinion

The levy: change should be evolutionary – not revolutionary

As an employer of apprentices that has made full use of the levy, I have sometimes found it difficult...

Expert Contributor
SHARON BLYFIELD
Opinion

How we fought to save our local college – and won

When the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea sought to sell off a local college, they reckoned without the...

Fraser Whieldon
Samantha Batra
Opinion

Let’s celebrate the many apprenticeship successes

Jennifer Coupland took over as chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education last November. She reflects...

Fraser Whieldon
Jennifer Coupland
Opinion

Providers and the government need to better manage subcontracting

This week the ESFA published 10 subcontracting proposals in a consultation document. The FE sector is encouraged to respond...

Fraser Whieldon
Peter Mucklow
Opinion

Changing perceptions, raising aspirations, making improvements

The new secretary of state for education introduces National Aprenticeship Week with his vision for how the sector will...

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
GAVIN WILLIAMSON