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
Opinion

Making the levy work for charities

Anjelica Finnegan looks at what needs to be considered to make the apprenticeship levy work for charities. In April...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

The ‘painful’ path from inadequate to good

After a visit from FE Commissioner Dr David Collins in 2014, Weymouth College went from an Ofsted rating of...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

EDITORIAL: Boles bottles it

Editor’s comment ‘I don’t know, or if I did I wouldn’t tell you’ — it’s quite a statement for...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Dr Sue

Dear Dr Sue (Edition 160)

On the third Monday of every month Dr Sue Pember, Holex director of policy and external relations, answers your...

Sue Pember
Sue Pember