Opinion Why is the sector celebrating greater dependence on the public purse? In the past, the government paid 50 per cent of the costs towards the training of apprentices aged 19… Nick Linford 7y NICK LINFORD 7y Opinion What does the budget mean for FE? This was certainly not a budget for FE or education generally. No additional money was given or promised (apart… Expert Contributor 7y SANDRA MCNALLY 7y Opinion Adults are still being trapped in low-paid work The recent technical reforms still do little to help young people stuck in low levels of education or adults… Expert Contributor 7y ANDY NORMAN 7y Opinion Can national colleges overcome their recruitment and funding challenges? Clair Mowbray explains how the first incorporated college to open in 30 years is responding to its funding and… Expert Contributor 7y CLAIR MOWBRAY 7y Opinion The missing middle gap: what’s happening with level 4 and 5? With the DfE taking a renewed interest in intermediate-level provision, FE needs to seize the moment, says Professor Ewart… Expert Contributor 7y EWART KEEP 7y Opinion Where will all the T-level teachers come from? The ambitious plans for T-levels will surely fail unless more well-qualified staff can be attracted to the sector, warns… Expert Contributor 7y SIMON MARTIN 7y Opinion ESFA overhaul of their register of apprenticeship training providers is more urgent than ever It all seemed so sensible when the ESFA first announced at the FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference in March… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y NICK LINFORD 7y Opinion Why I ‘Love our colleges’ and always will Monday is the start of Colleges Week! This is a chance to celebrate the role colleges play in the… Anne Milton 7y ANNE MILTON 7y Opinion Three cheers for the Institute for Apprenticeships! Maritime Skills Alliance sticks up for the maligned IfA for creating two wholly new port operative apprenticeships in a complex… Expert Contributor 7y IAIN MACKINNON 7y Opinion Colleges Week should be a celebration with three messages for the chancellor Having spent more than seven happy years working for a large college in South East London I have seen… Nick Linford 7y NICK LINFORD 7y Opinion Government needs to improve access to apprenticeships This week the education select committee published a wide-ranging report on the government’s apprenticeship record. It highlighted failings in… Gordon Marsden 7y GORDON MARSDEN 7y Opinion Can UTCs fit in the technical education jigsaw? The government should think again on UTCs, and consider moving admissions to 16, says Gerard Dominguez-Reig Technical education is prone… Expert Contributor 7y GERARD DOMINGUEZ-REIG 7y Newer 1 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 236 Older
