Opinion

Relaxation of traineeships rules must be carefully managed

The government announced last month that it was relaxing the rules on which providers can run traineeships. Liz Williams...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Hold-ups could lead to better area review outcomes

Chris Thomson reflects on how a longer than expected post-16 area review process is giving time to focus on...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

A call to collaborate for the future

While area reviews mean colleges will become closer than ever before, Martin Simmons argues that collaboration was always going...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

One girl’s experience of a gender journey in FE

Bullying and harassment is something one-third adult transgender learners go through, according to a group of MPs. Beatrix Groves,...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

New year, new beginnings, new challenges

Months of waiting for the official birth of the Learning and Work Institute came to an end on New...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Loss of UKCES standards proves an occupational hazard

Reforms to apprenticeships could be leaving behind the lessons learned by the UKCES in the development of NOS, government...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Framework for a ‘turbulent’ year ahead

Having spent the last four weeks in the Americas, primarily the Caribbean and Brazil, it was interesting to compare...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Getting to a higher quality apprentice system

The quality of apprenticeships is an issue never far from the FE headlines. Nida Broughton outlines her view of...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

New Year’s honour is just reward for 30 years of dedicated service to FE

Catherine Hill reflects on her experience of being awarded an OBE for services to FE and why she is...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter