Skills reform Why was student wellbeing not in the white paper? Student wellbeing is as important as financial management and the curriculum, says Nathalie Richards. She outlines seven support strategies… Jess Staufenberg 5y Nathalie Richards 5y Skills reform It’s risky business to have an employer-dominated skills system The Department for Education must put more faith in local leaders rather than employers if it wants the skills… Jess Staufenberg 5y Andy Norman 5y Opinion When I wear traditional Indian dress, people still react differently In this third lockdown, we mustn’t forget the conversation around racism and diversity, writes Anita Lall “Women don’t do… Jess Staufenberg 5y Anita Lall 5y Opinion Ofqual’s criticism of the government’s T Level plans gives me hope The regulator agrees with many principals like me that the T Level reforms have serious flaws, writes Neil Patterson … Jess Staufenberg 5y Neil Patterson 5y Skills reform Here are 4 things the FE White Paper missed out Verdict on the White Paper? Fine start but requires improvement, writes Stephen Evans “We must put employers’ needs for… Jess Staufenberg 5y Stephen Evans 5y Skills reform I fear today’s FE White Paper is the worst of both worlds Neither political capital or actual capital are backing up today’s FE White Paper, writes Jonathan Simons In 2009, while… Jess Staufenberg 5y Jonathan Simons 5y Skills reform Never in 37 years have I seen colleges in the limelight like this White Paper This White Paper is the first glimpse of where further education could be heading – for the better –… Jess Staufenberg 5y Sally Dicketts 5y Opinion The challenges facing 2021 exam grades are very different to 2020 Ofqual and the Department for Education didn’t want to make this decision around exam grades, and now face a… Jess Staufenberg 5y Tom Bewick 5y Opinion The government made BTEC students like me feel we didn’t matter BTEC students have been put on an exams rollercoaster since the start of this term, writes Fatma Shami Just… Jess Staufenberg 5y Fatma Shami 5y Opinion Ofqual must urgently allow teacher assessed grades for apprentices All the stops on teacher assessed grades are being pulled out for GCSEs and A-levels, but yet again apprentices… Jess Staufenberg 5y Jane Hickie 5y Adult education AEB procurement at a time of reform – what we now know The nationally procured adult education budget contracts with the Education and Skills Funding Agency come to an end in… Nick Linford 5y NICK LINFORD 5y Opinion Here is a 7-point checklist to make sure the impending FE White Paper doesn’t fail If the long-anticipated White Paper doesn’t recognise the needs of 2021, then it will fail like so many initiatives… Jess Staufenberg 5y Mark Dawe and Tim Blackman 5y Newer 1 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 249 Older
