Opinion

Apprenticeships for trainers and assessors?

The publication by the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) of the Professional Standards for Teachers and Trainers in Education...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Apprentice funding ‘too generous but still off-putting to small firms’

Mick Fletcher casts his eye over the government’s introduction of a 33 per cent mandatory cash contribution from employers...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Taking the apprenticeship extras into account

With the government having announced it would expect employers to pay a third of the apprenticeship training costs, Charlie...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

New jobs, new skills needs

With the economy growing, the number of people in a job rose 283,000 in just the last three months...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Leadership group fulfils ‘specific’ need for female bosses in FE

The workplace remains subject to male dominance and as such, says Carol Taylor, there is need for a space...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Taking the FE sector forward with new teaching standards

With the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) having recently launched the first new FE teaching standards in seven years,...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Taking apprenticeships further

The AELP does a remarkable job of bringing together an otherwise disparate group of providers. It has created unity...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Looking backwards, looking forwards: policy and possibilities

As I write what my calendar tells me is my last FE Insider of 2013/14, the words ‘what a...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Skills policy questions for your prospective Euro MPs

With the Euro elections just two days away, Mark Ravenhall examines England’s skills policy relationship with Europe.   Quite...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter