Opinion

Ofsted in dark over 3aaa but also to blame

With an initial 2014/15 contract value of £3.1m, 3aaa was a relatively small apprenticeship provider when it received its…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
NICK LINFORD
Opinion

The chancellor’s levy transfer increase – a ‘package of reforms’, or mere tinkering?

Selling the increase in the amount levy-paying employers can transfer to small companies as a “package of reforms” is…

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TONY ALLEN
Opinion

The fallacy of our ‘employer-led’ skills system

If employers are to be given the driving seat in workforce development, they have to be given the keys…

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TOM BEWICK
Opinion

Complexity is a strength of FE, not a weakness

We shouldn’t be ashamed of the complexity of FE – we must embrace it and start explaining it to…

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DAME RUTH SILVER
Opinion

Building a National Education Service: What’s Labour’s vision for skills?

Labour has taken two years to flesh out its National Education Service plans – so what do they mean…

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JOE DROMEY
Opinion

Time for FE to shine ahead of crucial Budget

EuroSkills Almost seven years ago the world descended upon London’s Excel arena for the 41st WorldSkills competition – my…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
SHANE MANN


Opinion

T-Levels: the challenges for employers

The T-level placement is an awkward length and requires new thinking, says Jenny Taylor, who is involved in designing…

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JENNY TAYLOR
Opinion

Applied general qualifications: should they stay or should they go?

What’s the future of applied general qualifications – should they stay or go? Lee Hunt shares his thoughts on…

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LEE HUNT MBE
Opinion

How Team UK can do even better in EuroSkills

We still have some way to go before we will be on a par with other European countries –…

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BEN BLACKLEDGE
Opinion

College teacher pay decision is clumsy and divisive

Having identified some new funding for teacher pay, it could have been spent fairly across the system – instead…

Catherine Murray
EDDIE PLAYFAIR
Opinion

DfE finds much needed apprenticeship monitoring cash

When the ESFA published the list of providers on the apprenticeship register in March 2017 we reported that the…

Nick Linford
NICK LINFORD
Opinion

What can we learn from vocational training in Germany?

As the Education Secretary tours the German technical education system, what might he learn that would be relevant to…

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EWART KEEP