Opinion Despite constraints, flexibility means assessment of apprentices can go on Assessing apprentices in lockdown conditions presents unique challenges but collaboration and flexibility will ensure disruption is kept to a… Billy Camden 5y Rob Nitsch 5y Opinion New practices don’t add up a new normal for colleges… yet The rapid transformation of our colleges is a testament to their strengths and any ‘new normal’ must reflect FE’s… Billy Camden 5y Anonymous 5y Opinion Teachers estimating grades ‘could sound the death knell for public confidence in Ofqual’ Education secretary Gavin Williamson had the choice to empower Ofqual to come up with the right solutions for grading… Billy Camden 5y TOM BEWICK 5y Opinion How we are supporting our community in the face of this pandemic Colleges exist to enrich and serve their community, leaving no-one behind especially in the face of the coronavirus pandemic,… Billy Camden 5y NIKOS SAVVAS 5y Opinion Full steam ahead as T-level qualification content launched Jennifer Coupland reflects on the launch of the first technical qualifications (TQs) for T-levels and how they will be… Billy Camden 5y JENNIFER COUPLAND 5y Opinion Ofqual’s announcement today is ‘sensible, positive and fair’ The government’s decision to allow providers, rather awarding organisation assessments, to determine which of their learners have passed functional… Billy Camden 5y MARK DAWE 5y Opinion Treasury will subsidise college wages – but under what circumstances? The good news is a spokesperson from the Treasury told FE Week that staff working in areas of a… Billy Camden 5y NICK LINFORD 5y Opinion Building the future – helping the West Midlands through the coronavirus outbreak The mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority explains why they have been quick to act on cabinet office… Billy Camden 5y ANDY STREET 5y Opinion Reflections on ‘isolation’ and support networks Being alone successfully is a strategy that can be learned. Just a few behavioural techniques will make working home… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y JO MAHER 5y Opinion Trust your judgement in doing what’s best for your learners Government must find sustainable solutions for learners and staff alike – and follow its own rules, writes Mark Dawe… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y MARK DAWE 5y Opinion Facing the coronavirus challenges to EPA together Jennifer Coupland, chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education, reflects on new guidance provided by her… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y JENNIFER COUPLAND 5y Opinion ESFA must act after more than half of all apprentices on standards withdraw Many events and consultations have been delayed, but it seems the Covid-19 crisis was not going to get in… Billy Camden 5y NICK LINFORD 5y Newer 1 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 239 Older