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 Opinion T-level occupational maps must be flexible Unless there’s the space for young people to transfer the skills they learn onto another route, we risk locking… Expert Contributor 7y Expert Contributor 7y Opinion Do new college principals really need sector experience? Dr Sue Pember, director of policy and external relations at Holex, answers your questions on college governance, backed by… Sue Pember 7y Sue Pember 7y Opinion What does Ofsted consider a good college curriculum? Amanda Spielman cited Harlow College as having particularly good curriculum design at the AoC conference in the autumn –… Expert Contributor 7y Expert Contributor 7y Opinion What now for the levy reforms? Apprenticeship take-up since the introduction of the levy last May continues to slide, but whether this represents a longer-term… Nick Linford 7y Nick Linford 7y Opinion How can we ensure the Year of Engineering is a success? The government’s newest initiative couldn’t have come at a better time for a sector trying to blow open its… Expert Contributor 7y Expert Contributor 7y Opinion Non-levy procurement process was a lottery The government’s non-levy procurement process wasn’t a fair competition because providers weren’t given all the information in advance, writes… Expert Contributor 7y Expert Contributor 7y Newer 1 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 236 Older
