Opinion The skills sector needs to remove its apprenticeship blinkers The skills sector is still stuck on seeing apprenticeships as a NEET policy rather than the industrial strategy policy… JL Dutaut 6y MANDY CRAWFORD-LEE 6y Opinion Edtech reforms that ignore FE’s ‘dual professionalism’ will make things worse Edtech can improve teaching, learning and assessment – and save time (but only if it’s done right), says Vikki… Expert Contributor 6y VIKKI LIOGIER 6y Opinion 50,000 more nurses? 3m apprenticeship target a lesson in how key Conservative manifesto ‘guarantees’ do not add up The Conservative Party manifesto, published yesterday, pledged “50,000 more nurses” as the first of six “guarantees”, signed on page… Billy Camden 6y Nick Linford 6y Opinion My 5 priorities for FE that should go first in the next education secretary’s in-tray Some issues have been hanging over the vocational sector for 40 years, says Ewart Keep. If we truly want… Expert Contributor 6y PROFESSOR EWART KEEP 6y Opinion Politicians are beginning to realise they can’t afford to ignore FE What would you tell the leaders of the major political parties about needed policy changes in further education? Tony… Expert Contributor 6y TONY LEWIN 6y Opinion Ofsted should explain in their reports why they come knocking just before a merger It is extremely rare to hear a college principal openly criticise Ofsted. So rare in fact, I felt it… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Nick Linford 6y Opinion Only localism can unlock the skills sector’s true potential With manifestos being furiously written and further and adult education in the spotlight, national policymakers could be missing an… JL Dutaut 6y ANNA ROUND 6y Opinion Adult education needs a vision to break the cycle of disadvantage A looming Brexit makes it easy to see why adult education is at the centre of election policy battleground,… JL Dutaut 6y SARAH WAITE 6y Opinion GE2019: Simplify the sector and put colleges at the heart of communities What would you tell the leaders of the major political parties about needed policy changes in further education? The… JL Dutaut 6y SHELAGH LEGRAVE 6y Opinion GE2019: Learning escalators and skills wallets Political parties are finally waking up to a crisis in the skills sector, writes Stephen Evans. Whichever way this… JL Dutaut 6y Stephen Evans 6y Opinion GE2019: A chance to transform colleges This election comes at a critical time for further education, writes Ian Pretty. We must press for a commitment… JL Dutaut 6y IAN PRETTY 6y net zero We are all responsible for acting on sustainability Colleges must put sustainability at the heart of their teaching – and that means far more than tweaking the… JL Dutaut 6y Cerian Ayres 6y Newer 1 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 249 Older
