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… Expert Contributor 7y STEPHEN HOWLETT 7y Opinion 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… Expert Contributor 7y NEIL BATES 7y Opinion 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 7y Nick Linford 7y 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 7y STEPHEN EVANS 7y 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… Expert Contributor 7y SIR GERRY BERRAGAN 7y Opinion 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 7y DR SUE PEMBER 7y 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 7y NICK LINFORD 7y 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… Expert Contributor 7y EWART KEEP 7y Opinion 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 7y ANNE MILTON 7y 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 7y ROB MAY 7y 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 7y Nick Linford 7y 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… Expert Contributor 7y JULIE HYDE 7y Newer 1 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 232 Older