Opinion

Should college principals be involved in governance?

Dr Sue Pember, director of policy and external relations at Holex, answers your questions on college governance, backed by…

Sue Pember
Sue Pember
Opinion

What the FE sector should be saying about Progress 8

Colleges and providers are in agreement: school league tables are a terrible way to measure FE learners’ progress. Sam…

Sam Parrett
Sam Parrett
Opinion

More part-time apprenticeships are needed – here’s why

Apprenticeships as they stand are low-paid and inflexible, and that prices out people with care needs and children. This…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

The levy is not to blame for the fall in apprenticeship starts

In last week’s FE Week webinar, the skills minister insisted the 20-per-cent off-the job training rule for would be…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

For Careers Week, all pupils should learn about vocational routes

Now the Baker clause is law and schools are obliged to inform pupils of non-university routes, Anne Milton is…

Anne Milton
Anne Milton
Opinion

What’s next for Kensington and Chelsea College?

After local campaigners successfully prevented an unwelcome merger, the college’s chair explains how the board intends to take things…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor


Opinion

The incoming subcontracting tax bombshell

Our front-page story will make for very uncomfortable reading for principals, chief executives and accountants at hundreds of colleges…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

How Greater Manchester plans to boost BAME apprenticeships

The city-region is front and centre in the government’s new plan to boost BAME participation in skills, writes Cllr…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
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
Expert Contributor
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
Nick Linford
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
Expert Contributor
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
Neil Bentley-Gockmann