Opinion

A four-pronged approach to turning around the fate of Functional Skills

Functional Skills could have been saved from the qualifications scrapheap with Skills Minister Nick Boles having revealed hopes for...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

From learner to training manager to college — EuroSkills delivers more than just medals

While TeamUK’s impressive haul of medals at EuroSkills steals the headlines, the benefits of competing run much deeper, explains...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

The Indy Scene

The success of the British team at the EuroSkills competitions this month demonstrates the skills and talent of our...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

College ‘no longer a dirty word’

A rebranding exercise at Lewisham Southwark College cost almost £290,000 and the result — Lesoco — could be dropped...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Maths proposals add up to a funding change

The charity National Numeracy has launched a manifesto aimed at eliminating the “national scourge” of poor everyday maths skills...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Earning or learning… or yearning for one more student?

I introduced myself on the FE Week website as the new FE Insider last month as having a real...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Want to open a free school? Make an early start on plans

The Department for Education’s application window for the opening of free schools closes on October 10. Pauline Hagen discusses...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

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

Labour conference Seeing a party leader actually talking about FE and skills policy is both encouraging and unnerving. Nobody...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Making young women part of the skills ‘equation’

The number of young women considered not in education, employment or training (Neet) is 29 per cent higher than...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter