News, Opinion

New social partnership needed for apprentices

Wider agreement between the Government, employers, learners and learning providers is needed to ensure apprenticeships set people up for...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Making the FE voice heard over higher education

Don’t let the FE title fool you — higher education is far from the sole preserve of universities, despite...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Has online careers guidance lost face?

Schools weren’t the only ones frowned upon by Ofsted when it assessed careers guidance. The National Careers Service came...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Taking four aims to guarantee careers advice

The government has pledged to act over careers guidance problems in schools but, asks Martin Doel, is it going...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Virtually taking advantage of change

Change is inevitable. And preparing for it and adapting to it could lead FE to a bright future despite...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

No time for zero-hour contracts

Research has suggested that nearly two out of every three colleges have teachers on controversial zero-hour contracts. But says,...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Learner voice: teacher voice?

Taking the learner voice into account is key — but the teacher voice needs to be listened to as...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Gaps in careers guidance an opportunity for FE

Ofsted’s careers guidance report pulled no punches in its criticism of schools. Nor did it come as a surprise...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

The serious business of the education game

Playing computers needn’t be seen as a waste of time that could be better spent learning — it can...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford