Opinion

Setting out the Jisc stall for a successful future through tech

David Maguire became the new Jisc chair last month and outlines for the first time his view of the...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

‘Learning and employment systems broken for millions of people’

Armed with the results of the annual learning participation survey, David Hughes takes aim at the number of adults...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

The Indy Scene

At the prestigious city headquarters of the Bank of New York last month we presented the first group of...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Time for new post-incorporation model for general FE colleges

After more than two decades of freedom from local authority control, general FE colleges are today operating in a...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

What chance a sevenfold increase in FE loans?

Investment in learning by individuals was meant to go up with FE loans, despite FE budget cuts. But latest...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

A call to demonstrate what FE and its workforce can offer

Andrew Harden reflects on FE events at the UCU 2015 congress in Glasgow. The University and College Union’s (UCU)...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

There’s another Budget soon — be sure your sector voice is heard

My last column was all about the politics of FE. I got a few encouraging responses publicly on Twitter...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Apprenticeships — it’s about learning and it’s about time

Bill Lucas was a keynote speaker at an international conference in Sweden on vocational education and training recently. Here...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

A vision for the future of prison education

Providers who deliver adult education and skills training in England’s prisons are expecting their contracts to end next year,...

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FE Week Reporter