Opinion

Painting a different Functional Skills picture

With the outlook for Functional Skills very different to just a few months ago, Charlotte Bosworth makes the case...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Making a case for the QCF

More debate is needed about the future of the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) in the face of plans...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Paving the way for ‘much stronger’ 16 to 19 apprenticeships and traineeships

Kirsty Donnelly was one of a number of witnesses to give evidence to the House of Commons Education Select...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Learners get in the zone

Learners have been discussing key policy directions for the NUS. Joe Vinson discusses what’s been on the agenda and...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

A college path to Saudi Arabia

Competition, finance and government support are just three of the factors to have played a part in the process...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Political parties offered seven opportunities to improve the lot of sixth form colleges

The Sixth Form Colleges’ Association (SFCA) has produced its 2015 manifesto in the hope of influencing the political parties...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

The indy scene

Managing a national training company brings a great deal of variety to my daily workload. However, this time of...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

What is the safeguarding duty and what happens if providers get it wrong?

Ofsted inspectors recently gave a 16 to 19 independent learning provider an inadequate rating having discovered it failing to...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Level four FE loans — whither policy now?

The most recent government release on FE loans indicated that the number of applications from learners aiming to study...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter