Opinion

It’s time to let FE providers award their own degrees

Only nine colleges currently have the power to award degrees. Stephen Howlett believes this needs to the change for…

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STEPHEN HOWLETT
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The FE commissioner is wrong: We should keep PROCAT open

The first college incorporated in years has been told to merge to survive. This is the wrong decision, according…

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NEIL BATES
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Scrapping employer fees would be a mistake

We revealed this week that the government is considering a U-turn on apprenticeship employer fees. Since May last year,…

Billy Camden
Nick Linford
Opinion

Five things any good devolved skills plan should contain

Sadiq Khan’s first skills strategy has lots to welcome, writes Stephen Evans, but to make a step change we…

Stephen Evans
STEPHEN EVANS
Opinion

How the IfA assigns apprenticeship funding bands

There’s plenty going on at the Institute for Apprenticeships at the moment, and its boss Sir Gerry Berragan is…

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SIR GERRY BERRAGAN
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The London skills strategy is a devolution game-changer

Dr Sue Pember hails Sadiq Khan’s bold and far-reaching new skills and adult education plan for the capital The…

Sue Pember
DR SUE PEMBER


Opinion

Let’s not be so quick to plan a raid on the levy pot

Readers of FE Week will be familiar with the excruciatingly slow start to the apprenticeship levy reforms since last…

Jude Burke
NICK LINFORD
Opinion

Stop fighting over the crumbs of the adult education budget!

There’s no point in principals squabbling over the crumbs of the AEB, writes Ewart Keep, who wants the sector…

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EWART KEEP
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Why we’re pressing ahead with T-levels

There are worries across the FE sector that T-levels are being rushed through, but Anne Milton believes there’s no…

Anne Milton
ANNE MILTON
Opinion

T-levels are not the boldest reform of the last 70 years

Parity of esteem with A-levels is a laudable aim, but T-levels aren’t the root-and-branch redesign of technical education England…

Rob May
ROB MAY
Opinion

Only lawyers are guaranteed to win in the T-level AO tender

With all eyes on the 52 providers taking care of wave one of the T-level delivery in 2020, the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

T-Levels: Reform should be a marathon not a sprint

With the design consultations for the three early T-level routes continuing at breakneck speed, Julie Hyde makes the case…

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JULIE HYDE