Opinion

‘Let’s agree there should be no relaxation of standards in pursuit of 3m apprenticeships’

David Cameron could have spoken about many policies in his agenda when he addressed the nation outside Number 10...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Look at inspection results, and look at management

Research in the last edition of FE Week showed how the proportion of new grade three results was up...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Colleges in peril — but looking beyond merger

Lewisham Southwark College and Greenwich Community College are both considering merger as part of reviews with the FE Commissioner...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Don’t undervalue your HR director

Staff costs are, like all variables, a source of savings that come under review in times of austerity. Ian...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

An ‘optimist’s’ view of the next five years of government

Bill Lucas shares his “optimist’s” view of the five years of the next Parliamentary term. People who work in...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Behind the scenes of the 2015 FE & Skills Survey

The hard work in designing, analysing and interpreting on the FE & Skills Survey that featured in the last...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Indy Scene edition 137

I am writing this on the eve of the General Election knowing that by the time you read this...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

‘Our education system should be an enabler and not a blocker’

Dame Asha Khemka issues an impassioned plea for FE and the benefits it can bring as the countdown to...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

There’s more to FE and skills on Twitter than apprenticeship vacancies

It’s more than five years since Ruth Sparkes first applied her FE and skills marketing knowledge to the sector’s...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter