Opinion

Edition 125

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

Build around a traineeship and apprenticeship ‘core’ for young people

Stewart Segal considers the 16 to 18 education and training landscape in light of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Putting the college key to success under the MAT

Kevin Hamblin outlines the journey his Ofsted grade two-rated college made in order to take over sponsorship of a...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Dr Sue

Dear Dr Sue (edition 124)

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

Sue Pember
Sue Pember
Opinion

Logistics skills council ‘offered solutions to non-existent problems’

Michael Woodgate considers what went wrong for Skills for Logistics (SfL) with the sector skills council having this month...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Apprenticeships are the ‘major casualty’ amid funding uncertainty

The government has said more research was needed before it could take its apprenticeship funding reform plans any further....

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

The indy scene

I arrived back in Britain on Tuesday after three weeks’ magnificent customer service in the United States and the...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Masochism and trust in the board and principal relationship

Governors bring a wealth of disparate expertise to the board table, but can sometimes fall short when it comes...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Feltag’s ‘assessment tail wagging the pedagogic dog’

The effect of the Further Education Learning Technology Action Group (Feltag) is being felt across the sector, explains Bob...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter