Opinion What Ofsted found during their pilots of autumn visits Pilots of Ofsted’s autumn visits suggest that the FE and skills sector is more than rising to the challenges… Billy Camden 5y PAUL JOYCE 5y Opinion A university learning experience is very different to what a typical inspector will be familiar with Ofsted doesn’t ‘get’ higher education, says Greg Walker, and is not the right regulator for degree apprenticeship courses. Inspectors… Billy Camden 5y DR GREG WALKER 5y Opinion Apprenticeships will become unprofitable if ineligible costs excluded from funding bands The Institute for Apprenticeship and Technical Education’s new funding band proposals are a step forward, but still need to… Billy Camden 5y SIMON ASHWORTH 5y Opinion Sending a hundred students home so soon was a reality check One case of Covid-19 among the staff had an immediate impact on how we could run the college, writes… JL Dutaut 5y SAM PARRETT 5y Opinion Without a clear plan for virus control, colleges have been left to guess Lack of a blueprint for keeping colleges safe partly explains why one college even considered ‘alternate weeks’, writes Stuart… JL Dutaut 5y STUART RIMMER 5y Opinion, Uncategorized How can we be in financial intervention yet ineligible for Covid relief? Being turned down twice for relief funding feels like we are losing out partly because of our hard work,… JL Dutaut 5y CHRIS MALISH 5y Opinion Why route reviews are so critical for the future of technical education The resumption of route reviews is a wonderful opportunity for us to consider together how technical education can play… Billy Camden 5y ANA OSBOURNE 5y Opinion DEBATE: Should FE colleges lose autonomy to make course choices? On 17 January 2020, FE Week was first to report that the government was working on new legislation in… Billy Camden 5y NICK LINFORD 5y Opinion Loss of some autonomy for colleges is a step in the right direction Appointing regional FE directors would enable colleges to stop competing and work together for the best learning provision, writes… Fraser Whieldon 5y Tom Richmond 5y Opinion Digital must underpin all aspects of college life Digital learning has shown its potential, and while issues of equity remain now is the time for colleges to… JL Dutaut 5y SALLY DICKETTS 5y Opinion Lockdown learning actually suits some students better It’s worth bearing in mind the lessons of lockdown as we all return to the ‘new normal’, writes Amanda… JL Dutaut 5y AMANDA WAYLING 5y Opinion Watch out Europe: Team UK is ready for the winner’s podium Lockdown hasn’t dampened the determination of would-be Team UK members for EuroSkills Graz, says Neil Bentley-Gockmann. Today we announced… Fraser Whieldon 5y Neil Bentley-Gockmann 5y Newer 1 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 247 Older
