Opinion

Management apprenticeships – solving the productivity puzzle

FE Week’s report on the “unstoppable rise of management apprenticeships”, should be a cause for celebration as opposed to...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

What FE can expect from the autumn statement

If the prime minister’s vision of a fairer economy with better opportunities for everyone is to become reality, says...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Which Party conference was more focused on apprenticeships and skills?

Skills and apprenticeships were centre stage at one of the party conferences, says Gemma Gathercole, while being relegated to...

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Expert Contributor
Opinion

Area reviews: either publish guidance or extend timescales

DfE officials should be applauded, under the circumstances, for trying to support colleges as best they can by letting...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

How will the new apprenticeship standards be quality assured?

We recently hosted a roundtable discussion on the benefits of the levy and our new hospitality standards, organised by...

John Hyde
John Hyde
Opinion

Let’s take full advantage of what devolution can offer

The government’s devolution and localism agenda creates opportunities for the sector to refine its mission and purpose, says Ayub...

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Opinion

Not rabbit, rabbiting over apprenticeships

Mark Dawe reflects below on apprenticeship and skills minister Robert Halfon’s comments at the Conservative Party Conference on his priorities for...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

Apprenticeship funding reforms: May 1, 2017 contingency coming?

There is a sad inevitability to the repeated delays to the unrealistic timetable for apprenticeship reforms. So much of...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

How can colleges best support students with their mental health?

Good mental health support is vital and can be improved by sharing good practice, says Ian Ashman. The Association...

FE Week
FE Week