Opinion Transforming how funding levels are set for training apprentices The way apprenticeship funding levels are set will be overhauled following complaints from employers. The new chief executive at… Billy Camden 6y JENNIFER COUPLAND 6y Opinion It’s time to take on the subcontracting profiteers Subcontractors account for more than 10 per cent of ESFA funding. They need overseeing properly, says Simon Ashworth It… Expert Contributor 6y SIMON ASHWORTH 6y Opinion The levy: change should be evolutionary – not revolutionary As an employer of apprentices that has made full use of the levy, I have sometimes found it difficult… Expert Contributor 6y SHARON BLYFIELD 6y Opinion How we fought to save our local college – and won When the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea sought to sell off a local college, they reckoned without the… Fraser Whieldon 6y Samantha Batra 6y Opinion Providers and the government need to better manage subcontracting This week the ESFA published 10 subcontracting proposals in a consultation document. The FE sector is encouraged to respond… Fraser Whieldon 6y Peter Mucklow 6y Opinion Let’s celebrate the many apprenticeship successes Jennifer Coupland took over as chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education last November. She reflects… Fraser Whieldon 6y Jennifer Coupland 6y Opinion Perverse incentives and tangled pathways If the new government is serious about its proposals, it must address the many problems with the levy, plus… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y EMMA HARDY 6y Opinion Changing perceptions, raising aspirations, making improvements The new secretary of state for education introduces National Aprenticeship Week with his vision for how the sector will… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y GAVIN WILLIAMSON 6y Opinion Who will gain this time from apprenticeship reform? National Apprenticeships Week is now in its thirteenth year; launched in 2007 by the then Labour government as an… Fraser Whieldon 6y Nick Linford 6y Opinion At Ofsted we find little evidence apprentices are actually moving up the levels The inspectorate for the quality of apprenticeships is concerned young people “aiming to step onto the career ladder are… Billy Camden 6y PAUL JOYCE 6y Opinion To be critical of colleges for running the courses learners want is bizarre Blaming colleges for simply recruiting students to course subjects they want to study is weird and not the solution… Expert Contributor 6y ADRIAN PERRY 6y Opinion Hosting WorldSkills 2027 would have far-reaching benefits for the whole UK Everyone should support efforts to host the WorldSkills international competition, says college leader and former psychologist to Team UK,… Expert Contributor 6y JO MAHER 6y Newer 1 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 255 Older
