Opinion

‘End assessment is a big change in the system and employers are understandably nervous’

The prospect, not to mention the potential cost, of end assessments in Trailblazer apprenticeships has proven a cause for...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Size matters in qualification reform

The challenges facing the FE and skills sector are not just being experienced by providers — awarding organisations (AOs)...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Listening to community learning learners

Last month marked my first decade in FE. This time 10 years ago I’d just about finished my induction...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Do area reviews pose a threat or an opportunity?

Bob Harrison considers the role of technology in post-16 education area-based reviews. Why is everyone so twitchy now Skills...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Wealthy universities must support struggling FE sector

Jonathan Simons, head of education at Policy Exchange, explains why a new report published by his think tank is...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Dr Sue

Dr Sue (Edition 151)

On the third Monday of every month Dr Sue, who is the Holex director of policy and external relations,...

Sue Pember
Sue Pember
Opinion

‘At least 100 hours of experience of the world of work by the age of 16’

Fresh from her appearance on the Edge annual lecture panel, Deirdre Hughes explains how a skills gap solution might...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

When is an apprentice not an apprentice?

Graham Hasting-Evans considers whether Lord Sugar’s quest for simply an ‘apprentice’ rather than, for example, a higher or intermediate...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Safeguarding at ‘heart’ of new common inspection framework

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued 22 improvement and prohibition notices to general FE colleges in the...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter