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
Opinion

Keep it simple on grading

Government reforms to apprenticeships go further than simply how the programme is funded and looked to include the introduction...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

A U-turn — or simply listening?

Skills Minister Nick Boles told FE Week that he was willing to allow some apprenticeship to be graded as...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Four education policy principles to stick to

The 157 Group’s latest report, Future Colleges, outlines four principles it wants those in power to adhere to in...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Election time is not the only occasion to listen to learners

With the General Election soon coming around we are all hearing the word ‘vote’ over and over again. But...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter