Our reforms mean 10,000 more apprentices could complete their apprenticeship journey each year
Baroness Jacqui Smith
FE is gaining traction as a career choice for HE professionals ready to make a meaningful difference
Paul Aristides and Paul Horgan
The government’s decision to prioritise functional skills over more robust financial education qualifications risks leaving young people unprepared for…
Laurence Frewin
Good riddance to functional skills qualifications in adult apprenticeships – it’s been putting off learners and employers in their…
Ben Rowland
Let’s not forget just how vital functional skills are, for tackling inequality as well as boosting growth
Heather Akehurst
Adult literacy and numeracy rates are already woeful, let’s not make them even worse by scrapping functional skills for…
Stephen Evans
Colleges that integrate equality
impact assessments into decision
making will improve their
efficiency and reputation
Gail Pringle
After years of being overshadowed by traditional academic routes higher technical education is finally gaining momentum
Claire Foreman
Francis review officials stand little chance of digesting the mountain of responses their questions have created, or making sense…
Andrew Otty
Whitehall holds too much power and big employers have learned to game the levy
Baroness Alison Wolf
Ofsted’s inspection reforms will reduce the burden of an inspection for staff and promote fairness
Paul Joyce and Lee Owston
Devolution and reform have brought change to ESOL provision but the emphasis now should be on building social and…
Ziya Moustafa
