Opinion

Full return to college ‘best for students’ as ‘no substitute for being in a classroom’

Skills minister Gillian Keegan asks colleges to continue to show the leadership they have throughout the pandemic and work…

Billy Camden
GILLIAN KEEGAN
Opinion

Why further and higher education aren’t a zero-sum-game

To truly level up the country, instead of arbitrary targets we need a joined-up system of higher and further…

Billy Camden
ANDY NORMAN
News, Opinion

Helping providers recover from the impact of Coronavirus

The AELP Business Recovery Conference on 9-10 September 2020 is the flagship skills event of the year.  Presented online…

Shane Mann
JANE HICKIE
Opinion

Creating a more transparent apprenticeship funding approach

We are determined at the Institute to create a more transparent approach for making apprenticeship funding band recommendations that…

Shane Mann
ANNA WEST
Opinion

Now we must pick up the pieces of our broken system

The results are in but the work of ensuring students rebuild their confidence has only just begun, writes Liz…

JL Dutaut
LIZ BROMLEY
Opinion

BTEC results are usually a reason for celebration, not this year

High-achieving students failing their whole qualification, almost half failing to achieve a pass – read journalism lecturer Nick Reinis-Keightley’s…

Fraser Whieldon
Nick Reinis-Keightley


Opinion

Government incompetence should not penalise the young

Going back to teacher-assessed grades for A-levels is the “best option” for the “unprecedented and chaotic circumstances,” writes Labour’s…

Fraser Whieldon
Toby Perkins
Opinion

The chaos generated by this year’s exam results lies squarely at the door of Gavin Williamson

The education secretary has, instead of neutralising problems with A-level and GCSE gradings, “taken a blow torch” to the…

Fraser Whieldon
Tom Bewick
Opinion

Key workers of tomorrow are taking their first steps today

On the day BTEC learners will be finding out their results, Cindy Rampersaud writes about how their skills will…

Fraser Whieldon
Cindy Rampersaud
Opinion

The government must address ‘inexplicable variations’ in sixth form colleges’ A-level results

Sixth form colleges are reporting that their A-level results do not reflect the grades they provided, or three year…

Freddie Whittaker
BILL WATKIN
Opinion

Apprenticeship assessment oversight change was needed as Ofqual has the regulatory levers to enforce changes

End-point assessment is a key aspect of the government’s apprenticeship reforms, providing an independent test that an apprentice has…

Nick Linford
Jennifer Coupland
Opinion

How EdTech can transform further education post-lockdown

The silver lining of the Covid-19 pandemic could well be a revolution in how further education utilizes the power…

Billy Camden
Dana Dabbous