Opinion

Under the skin of the apprenticeships ‘hot potato’

The publication of the delayed Skills Funding Agency Grant Letter loomed over National Apprenticeships Week (which starts on March...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Getting a leadership foot-up from the middle

Where the FE and skills sector leaders of tomorrow will come from is a question on the minds not...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Direct recruitment paying off for young learners, but ‘reputational risk’ remains for colleges

Middlesbrough College was one of the first seven general FE colleges to directly recruit learners from the age of...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Colleges ‘should see budgets diminish’ if their Leps case isn’t strong enough

Skills Funding Agency (SFA) guidance on how college budgets could be affected by their relationship — or lack thereof...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Taking a lead on technology

Further education leaders hold the key to unlocking technology in the sector, according to the government review of progress...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Bad news for adult learning but not good for SFA either

Mick Fletcher takes a closer look at the skills funding letter to see what else it indicates other than...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Edition 128

The principal of a large and well-established FE college writes about life at the top — the worries, the...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

How to ‘detoxify’ a grade four-rated college

Ian Clinton took over at Stockport College in the wake of an Ofsted inadequate rating and within a year...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Politicians coming off the fence

As the countdown to the general election approaches the two-month mark, Mick Fletcher assesses the early FE and skills...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter