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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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The employer knows better than the ‘man from the ministry’

The levy was supposed put employers in control – don’t shunt them into the back seat just because you...

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Frontier Economics is right: the T-level tender approach is not viable

Important new research carried out for the DfE demonstrates that a single awarding body for T-levels would have disastrous...

Gemma Gathercole
Gemma Gathercole
Opinion

Why doesn’t FE Week have more diverse representation?

Apparently, 55% of senior leaders in FE are women. I don’t believe it. A large part of my job...

Catherine Murray
Catherine Murray