Opinion What colleges need to know about careers guidance Colleges have been warned they will lose funding if they don’t meet the Gatsby career benchmarks by 2020. Sir… Expert Contributor 7y Expert Contributor 7y Opinion Change is coming – but can the apprenticeship market handle it? Employers are paying too much for their apprenticeships, according to the Department for Education. Officials “expected” employers would negotiate… Nick Linford 7y Nick Linford 7y Opinion FE should be front and centre in post-18 education review Derby College Group’s historic Roundhouse campus was chosen by the Prime Minister’s Office to host the announcement of a… Expert Contributor 7y Expert Contributor 7y Opinion Why we should aspire to China’s approach to skills As he prepares for the long road to WorldSkills 2021 in Shanghai, Dr Neil Bentley is ever more convinced… Neil Bentley-Gockmann 7y Neil Bentley-Gockmann 7y Opinion Technical education doesn’t need a review! The prime minister is talking up technical education, but doesn’t have the goods to back up her words, according… Expert Contributor 7y Expert Contributor 7y Opinion Is Ofsted measuring the wrong things in FE? The government needs to establish a set of FE-centric measures to get a better idea of what it wants… Expert Contributor 7y Expert Contributor 7y Opinion Qualifications in apprenticeship standards: IfA rule changes aren’t enough The sector cheered when the IfA said it would allow qualifications in standards once again, but not all is… Expert Contributor 7y Expert Contributor 7y Opinion Whistleblowers in FE are vital for sector scrutiny Whistleblowers aren’t treated with much respect in the UK, even though they generally have good intentions. Dame Ruth Silver… Expert Contributor 7y Expert Contributor 7y Opinion Let’s maintain the upward Ofsted trend for colleges! Our analysis of colleges’ Ofsted grades suggests a significant improvement in the past five months. By the end of… Nick Linford 7y Nick Linford 7y Opinion Non-levy apprenticeship funding process was as fair as possible Every month, Anne Milton, the minister in charge of skills and apprenticeships, will write a column for FE Week,… Anne Milton 7y Anne Milton 7y Opinion Don’t judge colleges on Progress 8! The government’s wrong-headed performance measures do not work for 14-to-16 provision, and cannot give vocational learning the credit it… Sam Parrett 7y Sam Parrett 7y Opinion Invest in Ofsted to guarantee apprenticeship quality This week the number of providers and employers able to directly tap into an annual £2.5 billion apprenticeship pot… Nick Linford 7y Nick Linford 7y Newer 1 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 234 Older
