Opinion When does Ofsted inspect a newly merged college? Merging with another college is certainly not a way to dodge a visit from Ofsted, explains Paul Joyce, in… Expert Contributor 7y PAUL JOYCE 7y Opinion If A-levels need multiple exam boards, why don’t T-levels? The system that makes A-levels so revered would work just as effectively for the new technical exams, argues Rod… Expert Contributor 7y ROD BRISTOW 7y Opinion How to support disabled learners with sport and physical activity For too long it has been too easy to marginalise disabled learners from the kind of sporting activity that… Expert Contributor 7y SAM PERKS 7y Opinion Ofsted should renege on its merger deal “Big isn’t always beautiful” is something of an understatement coming from Ofsted in the context of FE providers. The… Paul Offord 7y NICK LINFORD 7y Opinion Here’s how English skills policy needs to change The CBI believes the government is on the wrong track with its current skills system. Neil Carberry sets out… FE Week 7y NEIL CARBERRY 7y 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 Newer 1 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 241 Older
