Opinion

A further education manifesto for 2017

As political parties scramble to write their manifestos, carefully crafting their words to minimise the number of broken promises...

Graham Taylor
Graham Taylor
Opinion

Don’t shy away from campus grades

The ongoing decline in the number of colleges with outstanding inspection results risks seriously undermining confidence in the sector....

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

Levy launch overshadowed by horror story

On the eve of the apprenticeship reforms being implemented the government might have expected the sector to be apprehensive,...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

The non-levy procurement pause will be “a slaughter of providers”

Mark Dawe, chief executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers, calls for immediate government action to alleviate...

Mark Dawe
Mark Dawe
Opinion

Principals’ remuneration: What benchmarks should we be using?

Dr Sue, director of policy and external relations at Holex, answers your questions, backed by her experience as principal...

Sue Pember
Sue Pember
Opinion

Stop ignoring national colleges!

Birmingham already had a college on the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers, and it fills an important gap in...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Smelting apprenticeship gold: the alchemy of EQA

To avoid a conflict of interest, it would seem logical for Ofqual to take over external quality assurance for...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Dear Robert, the apprenticeship allocation will cut our funding by over 80%

Colleges and training providers were sent a funding allocation on April 25, for apprenticeship starts from May to 31 December...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

ESFA pause will destroy good specialist providers

It was announced during the Easter break that the government’s decision over funding allocations for apprenticeship provision for non-levy-paying...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor