Opinion

Ofsted in dark over 3aaa but also to blame

With an initial 2014/15 contract value of £3.1m, 3aaa was a relatively small apprenticeship provider when it received its...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
NICK LINFORD
Opinion

Tory conference 2018: what was said about FE and skills?

Brexit is grabbing the headlines. But many debates at the Conservative Party conference concluded that lifelong learning and apprenticeships...

Stephen Evans
STEPHEN EVANS
Opinion

How will reducing low-skill foreign workers impact FE?

The UK has long relied on EU workers. Now employers must improve the training of homegrown staff, says Tom...

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TOM RICHMOND
Opinion

Does the IfA really believe in degree apprenticeship?

The IfA’s review of the DTSP will be a key test of whether it really listens to employers (and...

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MANDY CRAWFORD-LEE
Opinion

The chancellor’s levy transfer increase – a ‘package of reforms’, or mere tinkering?

Selling the increase in the amount levy-paying employers can transfer to small companies as a “package of reforms” is...

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TONY ALLEN
Opinion

Time for FE to shine ahead of crucial Budget

EuroSkills Almost seven years ago the world descended upon London’s Excel arena for the 41st WorldSkills competition – my...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
SHANE MANN
Opinion

Building a National Education Service: What’s Labour’s vision for skills?

Labour has taken two years to flesh out its National Education Service plans – so what do they mean...

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JOE DROMEY
Opinion

The fallacy of our ‘employer-led’ skills system

If employers are to be given the driving seat in workforce development, they have to be given the keys...

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TOM BEWICK
Opinion

Complexity is a strength of FE, not a weakness

We shouldn’t be ashamed of the complexity of FE – we must embrace it and start explaining it to...

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DAME RUTH SILVER