Opinion

Up Pompeii

Shane Chowen looks into the fallout for FE from the Brexit vote. I wanted to start my column this week...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Opinion

The area review process should be about much more than sustainability

Alun Francis, principal and chief executive of Oldham College, explains what the recently completed Greater Manchester area based review...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
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Apprenticeship levy pilot helping employers make the most of their levy funds

Tanja Kuveljic, chief executive of the charity Believe in Young People, discusses one approach to matching young people with the...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
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Keep profit out of colleges

What should the government do when a college goes bust? This isn’t a hypothetical scenario, as it happened to...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

AELP Conference: Delay to levy detail will have caused concern

Even last week, we would all have expected that attending the AELP Conference, we would be treated to ministerial...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
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AELP Conference: So-called outsiders can generate new ideas

John Landeryou, who contributed to the ‘New Blood; the thinking and approaches of new leaders in the FE and...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
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Academisation choices will be anything but straightforward

FE Week reported last week that around 60 of the country’s 93 SFCs had registered an interest in converting...

Bill Watkin
Bill Watkin
Opinion

Change needed over ‘casual’ college staff

Sally Hunt explains why the UCU is calling for FE employers to move hourly-paid and casual staff who have...

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Expert Contributor
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Reasons to be fearful for UTCs

Graham Taylor explains why he thinks university technical colleges (UTCs) are failing to attract enough students. FE Week has...

Graham Taylor
Graham Taylor