Opinion Measuring impact fairly in the devolved areas The mayoral combined authorities are developing impact and performance measures to assess whether the adult education budget is having… Billy Camden 6y Harminder Matharu 6y Opinion Back our bid to host WorldSkills 2027 Show your support for the bid at FEWeek.co.uk/BackABid and on social media using #BackABid. This is the decade when… Billy Camden 6y Shane Mann 6y Opinion Where is Ofsted’s evidence that colleges are being dishonest over job prospects? Ofsted’s chief inspector, Amanda Spielman, used yesterday’s annual report speech to repeat her criticism first aired in 2018 that… Billy Camden 6y DAVID HUGHES 6y Opinion Time to get serious about developing governor capacity As the role of college governor grows, the need for more support grows too. Help is already at hand,… JL Dutaut 6y MARK WRIGHT 6y Opinion How colleges can recruit the community governors they need Becoming a college governor is an intimidating prospect, writes Mark Trinick. Recognising that is the first step to recruiting… JL Dutaut 6y MARK TRINICK 6y Opinion Preventing college and ITP failures is a matter of relationships If the sector’s reputation is ever to recover from the damage caused by college and ITP failures, the ESFA… JL Dutaut 6y TONY ALLEN 6y Opinion Apprenticeship take-ups suffer from pro-university data bias The Government’s continued failure to deliver on its own apprenticeship take-up target is, in part, a symptom of its… JL Dutaut 6y LAWRENCE BARTON 6y Opinion Radical college reform is inevitable. Let’s embrace it There is broad agreement that the FE sector needs radical reform, yet little consensus on the detail. But what… JL Dutaut 6y DR ANN LIMB, CBE DL 6y Opinion Improving teacher wellbeing requires commitment at all levels A range of factors have made FE a less happy place over the past decade. There are strategies we… JL Dutaut 6y KIRSTI LORD 6y Opinion A new beginning for apprenticeships or business as usual? The general election delivered a landslide for the Conservatives. But what does it all mean for apprenticeships and training,… JL Dutaut 6y RICHARD ALBERG 6y Opinion Colleges need to recognise incremental progress in GCSE resits The GCSE resits policy continues to be controversial, but it’s really a matter of emphasis, writes Bill Jones. To… JL Dutaut 6y BILL JONES 6y Opinion NDAs: demystifying the notorious ‘gagging’ order Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) are often perceived as a tool to suppress or cover up inappropriate behavior, writes Tom Long…. JL Dutaut 6y TOM LONG 6y Newer 1 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 249 Older