Opinion Come on Eileen – make sure this cannot happen again It has been nearly a year now since, in November 2018, FE Week first reported that Brooklands College had… Fraser Whieldon 6y Nick Linford 6y Opinion The ‘Forgotten Third’ deserve the dignity of a new type of qualification In spite of decades of curriculum and qualifications reform, a third of 16-year-olds in England are not awarded a… Billy Camden 6y Roy Blatchford 6y Opinion Wake up call to reverse cuts in lifelong learning For more than twenty years Learning and Work Institute has been surveying adults to ask if they are taking… Billy Camden 6y Stephen Evans 6y Opinion The £400m extra for FE is both a one year ‘manager’s special’ and inadequate If you’ve been working in a increasingly arid financial desert for years, even a few splashes of liquid on… Gordon Marsden 6y GORDON MARSDEN 6y Opinion Does the FE funding boost mean colleges can afford to increase wages? After mounting pressure (from all quarters) to invest in further education, the new chancellor today announced an extra £400… Nick Linford 6y NICK LINFORD 6y Opinion Why Boris needs more than bobbies on the beat In response to a knife attack in London on August 8, 2019, Boris Johnson said he is going to… Fraser Whieldon 6y Ali Hadawi CBE 6y Opinion Williamson has his work cut out if he’s to get Britain’s skills system up to scratch The new education secretary has his work cut out. Additional funding for skills and apprenticeships must also be met… Billy Camden 6y LAWRENCE BARTON 6y Opinion Ex-No 10 adviser: Williamson taking skills role “not good” for FE policy A former Downing Street advisor gives his insider view on what Gavin Williamson taking the skills brief will mean… Fraser Whieldon 6y Jonathan Simons 6y Opinion The new head of the IfATE must address the quality assurance conundrum It’ll be an overflowing in-tray for Jennifer Coupland, but Tom Bewick believes he knows the most urgent task The… Billy Camden 6y Tom Bewick 6y Opinion Let’s hope the new PM puts lifelong learning at the top of his to-do list Participation levels in lifelong learning are tumbling, says Ewart Keep. Action is needed – and now The return of… Expert Contributor 6y PROFESSOR EWART KEEP 6y Opinion Why are so many employers unhappy with how the IfATE is allocating funding bands? New funding bands should be talked about before they are introduced, not reviewed afterwards, says Sue Pittock When the… Expert Contributor 6y SUE PITTOCK 6y Opinion Technical pathways must be more visible for parents, teachers and decision-makers The recently announced higher technical qualifications should be seen as more than a re-badge of existing qualifications, says Kirstie… Expert Contributor 6y KIRSTIE DONNELLY 6y Newer 1 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 236 Older
