Opinion

Putting the college at the heart of devolution

Sheffield City Region recently signed a devolution agreement that included skills funding. Heather Smith discusses the implications. Those of...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Are FE loans here to stay?

Government proposals to extend loans to level two and also include learners from the age of 19 were put...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Is it possible to survive the 24 per cent adult skills cuts?

As if the numbers themselves didn’t paint the picture clearly enough, Association of Colleges (AoC) research today highlighted just...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Telling the Trailblazer tale

New apprenticeship standards are being developed by Trailblazer employers. Hilary Hall outlines how this is proceeding within her sector....

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Getting the most out of the 2014-20 Growth Programme

Local enterprise partnerships (Leps) outside London were told by central government that they would not be getting Euro skills...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

More changes needed to build on success of traineeships

Stewart Segal looks at the traineeship programme in light of a Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) one-year...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

How to help vocational tutors bear the English and maths burden

Making learners who don’t achieve at least grade C in their English and math GCSEs is a requirement not...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Increasing the value of apprenticeships

Selling apprenticeships to young people is one thing, and selling them to parents is another. Kirstie Donnelly considers how...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Dr Sue

Dear Dr Sue (edition 131)

How do you handle your new principal’s demands? Is the managing director refusing to budge? Dr Sue Pember, the...

Sue Pember
Sue Pember