Opinion

Young refugees need emotional as well as academic support

Victoria Leney explains how the findings of her study into support procedures for 16-18-year-old unaccompanied refugee learners can be...

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Setting the scene for a devolved future

Shane Chowen looks at how the upcoming local elections and devolution could affect FE. More than 475 elections will soon...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
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Wilshaw wrong and Ofsted need to rescue damaged reputation

Michael Wilshaw needs to publically back the FE sector at once – or resign, says Tony Davis. Ofsted Chief...

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Stand up for London apprenticeships

London accounts for only 12.5 per cent of the UK population, yet it generates 22 per cent of UK...

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Hold fire over outright subcontracting ban

Mark Dawe explains warns against hasty decisions being made over subcontracting because of a new Skills Funding Agency (SFA)...

Mark Dawe
Mark Dawe
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Don’t rely on volunteers to improve careers advice

Laura-Jane Rawlings raises concern about the reliance on employer volunteers to make the government’s careers advice strategy work. We...

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Winning colleges taking sport more seriously

Last weekend’s national colleges sports championships, held in Newcastle, Sunderland and Gateshead, were a huge success, judging by feedback...

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Pushing for a pilot

The latest apprenticeship levy operational guidance is almost totally geared at explaining how it will work for the employers...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Fed up with unnecessary and disruptive data changes

Graham Taylor explains why he was less than impressed with the recent qualification and achievement report. Let’s move on...

Graham Taylor
Graham Taylor