Opinion

The front line, the back office, and the long corridor in between

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

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Opinion

How the FE sector – and its students – are being starved

It’s time to end the inequity that means more than 103,000 16 to 18-year-old college students miss out on...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Get past the rhetoric and down to business

Learning by doing should be valued equally with academic learning, says David Harbourne. But vocational education first must meet...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

An ‘end-to-end’ professional development

The Credit Services Association is determined that debt collection become an industry with real career prospects, writes Stephen Morley...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Out of the starting blocks

Bob Harrison reflects on the first meeting of the Further Education Technology Action Group  Matthew Hancock’s inaugural gathering of...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

It’s the quality that counts

Colleges and schools can work together to provide the impartial advice and guidance that young people need to decide...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

A break with tradition

What are the value of MOOCs? Are they an opportunity or a threat, asks Carolyn Lewis Massive open online...

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FE Week Reporter
Advertisements, Opinion

Advertorial: We believe in small change, big difference

Workpays engages in projects that make big differences a reality – and always starts by asking the people that...

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Opinion

Apprentices in the spotlight

Six years after it was first conceived, National Apprenticeship Week has become about so much more than just raising...

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