Opinion

Education is the missing piece in David Lammy’s race review puzzle

The criminal justice system in this country disproportionately affects people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds, and prison education...

FE Week
FE Week
Opinion

Urgent investment needed for sixth forms

MPs will today (September 7) be warned that a worsening cash “crisis” engulfing the sector will cause further cuts...

Bill Watkin
Bill Watkin
Opinion

Non-levy tender: It will take over 8 hours just to read the current ‘clarifications’

The ESFA’s latest attempt at a non-levy apprenticeships tender now has over 100,000 words of ‘final’ clarifications. FE Week’s...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Colleges ‘deeply concerned’ about £650m non-levy tender

The Education and Skills Funding Agency was accused of plunging the relaunched non-levy apprenticeship funding tender process into chaos...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

AEB procurement fears for third sector providers

Third Sector National Learning Alliance chief executive Tim Ward, wrote the following open letter to outgoing Institute for Apprenticeships and Education...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Explaining new GCSE grades and what this means for post-16 resits

By this time on results day, we’re all now aware of the new style of numerical GCSE grading. But...

Gemma Gathercole
Gemma Gathercole
Opinion

GCSE results week: How FE can leverage digital channels to win learners

Colleges and providers need to get smarter in attracting new learners who’ve just had their GCSE results – here’s...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

There is no such thing as equality in funding or inspection

The strange case of Learndirect’s long-awaited ‘inadequate’ grade shows that providers in this country are not created equal, argues...

Phil Hatton
Phil Hatton
Opinion

How government can widen participation through FE

To boost participation of under-represented groups in higher education, further education colleges should play a greater role, argue Profs...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor