Opinion Will T-levels falter through a lack of work placements? Employers want to make the new T-levels work, but they will need clear, practical support, writes Stephen Evans The… Expert Contributor 7y Expert Contributor 7y Opinion T-level work placement travel costs must be covered The government must cover the additional travel costs of T-level work placements to ensure rural colleges are not at… Expert Contributor 7y Expert Contributor 7y Opinion Mandatory T-level work placement rule is madness I’m sure when the DfE came up with the idea to make the substantial T-level work-placement mandatory and call… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Opinion What quality work placements look like Early reports into the efficacy of work placements suggest that they’ll be tough to get right, writes Bill Esmond… Expert Contributor 7y Expert Contributor 7y Opinion What’s so good about mega FE colleges? Andy Wilson, who heads up one of the largest college groups in the country, explains why size does matter… Expert Contributor 7y Expert Contributor 7y Opinion Big BAME focus – really? The government went to the trouble of setting a target in 2015 to increase apprenticeship starts for ethnic minorities,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Opinion The DfE’s blanket BAME strategy is cloth-eared The government’s strategy to increase BAME participation in further and higher education ignores important differences between ethnic groups, argues… Expert Contributor 7y Expert Contributor 7y Opinion What should the maths component of T-levels look like? Much expert research and development has already been carried out into maths in technical education – let’s not reinvent… Expert Contributor 7y Expert Contributor 7y Opinion Healthy organisations need healthy leaders The whole character of an institution is shaped by its leaders’ ethics, writes Dame Ruth Silver Leadership and mental… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Levy cash must be used to widen access to apprenticeships The AoC’s Teresa Frith believes that the chancellor should make tweaks to apprenticeship funding, rather than wholesale changes Apprenticeships… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Whitehall can’t manage apprenticeship reforms alone The reforms to apprenticeships have so far been demonstrably disastrous, says Simon Ashworth, who is pleading for a serious… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Lack of EPA is a disaster for apprentices and government It is a disaster if even a single apprentice has reached what should be the end of their studies… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Newer 1 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 232 Older
