Opinion

Why can’t politicians just give a straight answer?

It’s a naïve and age-old question, but one that really vexed my newshounds at FE towers this week. The...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Survey helps us deal with skills gap

The UKCES Employer Skills Survey is one of the largest of its kind in the world. More than 91,000...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Editors comment: Honesty is the best policy

Take a moment to empathise with the Central Delivery Service (CDS) advisers at the Skills Funding Agency. As if...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Qualified or qualification?

What exactly are the new, reformed Trailblazer apprenticeships? Nobody seems to be sure – but maybe we aren’t looking...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Student views will strengthen college campaign case

The NUS has launched a new #FEunplugged campaign to battle against provider closures through the government’s programme of post-16...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Time to deliver on quality careers advice

The government announced on January 24 that it would legally force schools to let FE providers talk to students...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Regulation must not hinder battle against prejudice

A report published earlier this month by the House of Commons women and equalities committee found evidence of “unacceptable”...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

What’s so special about apprenticeships?

Graham Taylor questions whether apprenticeships are really worth all the funding and special attention being lavished on them by...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Chief inspector should look closer to home for poor performance

Phil Hatton rebuts claims by Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw that the FE sector was “inadequate at best”...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter