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
Rob Nitsch
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
Anonymous
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
TOM BEWICK
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
NIKOS SAVVAS
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
JENNIFER COUPLAND
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
MARK DAWE


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
NICK LINFORD
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
ANDY STREET
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
JO MAHER
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
MARK DAWE
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
JENNIFER COUPLAND
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
NICK LINFORD