Opinion

Going back to ‘college’ with lessons from Lesoco

In January 2013, FE Week was first to report that the merged Lewisham and Southwark colleges, in South London,...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Financial security or Ofsted outstanding, or both?

Bournville College leadership got a glowing grade one from Ofsted before the FE Commissioner Dr David Collins was sent...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Facing the Feltag challenge together

Overarching FE and skills bodies have been looking at the Further Education Learning Technology Action Group (Feltag) report and...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Still in tune? The skills system and the changing structures of work

Dame Ruth Silver explains the origins of the latest Skills Commission report, which raises several ‘strategic alerts’ for the...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Making a job out ofcareers education

It’s been a particularly busy month in FE with the combination of the Skills Show and the Association of...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

A presidential view of the AoC manifesto

The pre-general election AoC manifesto makes a number of requests to the next Government. Richard Atkins outlines the key...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Local offers for disabled learners ‘missing’ nearby specialist providers

A system of ‘Local Offers’ for children and adults with special educational needs went live in September. Kathryn Rudd...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Traineeship news offers welcome break from ‘wholesale change’

Proposals to change the way traineeship providers are funded were rejected following the government’s eight-week consultation on the issue....

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Reflecting on day one of the Association of Colleges conference

A review of English and maths accreditation is welcome, but should not result in new qualifications, says Charlotte Bosworth....

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter