Opinion The missing middle gap: what’s happening with level 4 and 5? With the DfE taking a renewed interest in intermediate-level provision, FE needs to seize the moment, says Professor Ewart… Expert Contributor 7y EWART KEEP 7y Opinion Where will all the T-level teachers come from? The ambitious plans for T-levels will surely fail unless more well-qualified staff can be attracted to the sector, warns… Expert Contributor 7y SIMON MARTIN 7y Opinion ESFA overhaul of their register of apprenticeship training providers is more urgent than ever It all seemed so sensible when the ESFA first announced at the FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference in March… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y NICK LINFORD 7y Opinion Why I ‘Love our colleges’ and always will Monday is the start of Colleges Week! This is a chance to celebrate the role colleges play in the… Anne Milton 7y ANNE MILTON 7y Opinion Three cheers for the Institute for Apprenticeships! Maritime Skills Alliance sticks up for the maligned IfA for creating two wholly new port operative apprenticeships in a complex… Expert Contributor 7y IAIN MACKINNON 7y Opinion Colleges Week should be a celebration with three messages for the chancellor Having spent more than seven happy years working for a large college in South East London I have seen… Nick Linford 7y NICK LINFORD 7y Opinion Government needs to improve access to apprenticeships This week the education select committee published a wide-ranging report on the government’s apprenticeship record. It highlighted failings in… Gordon Marsden 7y GORDON MARSDEN 7y Opinion Can UTCs fit in the technical education jigsaw? The government should think again on UTCs, and consider moving admissions to 16, says Gerard Dominguez-Reig Technical education is prone… Expert Contributor 7y GERARD DOMINGUEZ-REIG 7y Opinion The global skills race will be won by the country that can colonise skills systems With the Germans exporting their entire skills model to countries in their global value chain, the UK needs to… Expert Contributor 7y ROB MAY 7y Opinion ‘Colleges have a grander ambition for their students’ Colleges have a unique role to play in the new industrial revolution, ensuring that every citizen is able to thrive,… Expert Contributor 7y DAVID HUGHES 7y Opinion Does the IfA really believe in degree apprenticeship? The IfA’s review of the DTSP will be a key test of whether it really listens to employers (and… Expert Contributor 7y MANDY CRAWFORD-LEE 7y Opinion How will reducing low-skill foreign workers impact FE? The UK has long relied on EU workers. Now employers must improve the training of homegrown staff, says Tom… Expert Contributor 7y TOM RICHMOND 7y Newer 1 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 247 Older
