Opinion, Sponsored post Sponsored SPONSORED: How many lives can we change together? Supporting adults to access lifelong learning We understand that choosing the right qualifications to meet the needs of your adult cohort is key to supporting… Billy Camden 6y Cindy Rampersaud 6y Opinion It’s time for FE to stop playing second fiddle The FE and skills sector has for too long existed in the shadow of higher education, says Gavin Williamson,… Expert Contributor 6y GAVIN WILLIAMSON 6y Opinion Come on Eileen – make sure this cannot happen again It has been nearly a year now since, in November 2018, FE Week first reported that Brooklands College had… Fraser Whieldon 6y Nick Linford 6y Opinion The ‘Forgotten Third’ deserve the dignity of a new type of qualification In spite of decades of curriculum and qualifications reform, a third of 16-year-olds in England are not awarded a… Billy Camden 6y Roy Blatchford 6y Opinion Wake up call to reverse cuts in lifelong learning For more than twenty years Learning and Work Institute has been surveying adults to ask if they are taking… Billy Camden 6y Stephen Evans 6y Opinion The £400m extra for FE is both a one year ‘manager’s special’ and inadequate If you’ve been working in a increasingly arid financial desert for years, even a few splashes of liquid on… Gordon Marsden 6y GORDON MARSDEN 6y Opinion Does the FE funding boost mean colleges can afford to increase wages? After mounting pressure (from all quarters) to invest in further education, the new chancellor today announced an extra £400… Nick Linford 6y NICK LINFORD 6y Opinion Why Boris needs more than bobbies on the beat In response to a knife attack in London on August 8, 2019, Boris Johnson said he is going to… Fraser Whieldon 6y Ali Hadawi CBE 6y Opinion Williamson has his work cut out if he’s to get Britain’s skills system up to scratch The new education secretary has his work cut out. Additional funding for skills and apprenticeships must also be met… Billy Camden 7y LAWRENCE BARTON 7y Opinion Ex-No 10 adviser: Williamson taking skills role “not good” for FE policy A former Downing Street advisor gives his insider view on what Gavin Williamson taking the skills brief will mean… Fraser Whieldon 7y Jonathan Simons 7y Opinion The new head of the IfATE must address the quality assurance conundrum It’ll be an overflowing in-tray for Jennifer Coupland, but Tom Bewick believes he knows the most urgent task The… Billy Camden 7y Tom Bewick 7y Opinion Let’s hope the new PM puts lifelong learning at the top of his to-do list Participation levels in lifelong learning are tumbling, says Ewart Keep. Action is needed – and now The return of… Expert Contributor 7y PROFESSOR EWART KEEP 7y Newer 1 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 256 Older
