Opinion

Cultivating a change in careers provision

Millions of people today work in jobs that didn’t exist when their parents left education. It’s a new world...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

An investment that is well worth making

As a leader of a college judged outstanding by Ofsted, I was recently asked what pressures I faced from...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Bridging the skills gap through partnership

Barclays is determined that there should be more apprenticeships and that young people have the skills they need to...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

From Cinderella to Alice in Wonderland

Establishing and maintaining structural and cultural change in FE is a huge task, a task that needs not only...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

How to make your career blossom

Several past WorldSkills UK competitors were among the gold medal winners at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, writes Joseph...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Let’s get down to business

The FE sector and business are failing to lay the foundations for tomorrow’s innovative workforce, says Sandra O’Neill. Too...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Cracking the glass ceiling

FE can show the private sector a thing or two when it comes to the representation of women in...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Time to climb aboard the internship

Former House of Commons Education Select Committee specialist Ben Nicholls is head of policy at London’s Newham College. He...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Why are so few applying for principalship?

Ofsted, funding cuts, policy changes . . . it’s no surprise that the number of prospective FE principals/chief executives...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter