Opinion Number 10 is driving FE reform too fast and will blame the DfE when the wheels fall off This week the Department for Education was thrown in to the back seat as the prime minister grabbed the… Billy Camden 5y NICK LINFORD 5y Opinion Is Ofsted really ready to inspect all apprenticeships? Ofsted will need to prove it can handle the higher levels if they are to inspect all apprenticeships, writes… Fraser Whieldon 5y Adrian Anderson 5y Opinion Putting SEND learners at the heart of the college means all my students are back Whether it’s providing farm placements or much-needed structure through digital platforms, putting SEND learners front and centre always makes… Jess Staufenberg 5y Paul Phillips 5y Opinion Ignore the branding revolution at your peril, FE sector We have arrived at the ‘third revolution’ for FE marketing – but colleges will have to make some serious… Jess Staufenberg 5y LEE PARKER 5y Opinion Media focus on younger learners during Covid overlooks adult education As the government rolls out the national retraining scheme, a publicity drive is needed to promote adult learning, writes… Jess Staufenberg 5y Ann Marie Spry 5y 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 Newer 1 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 249 Older