Opinion As we beef up the IfA, don’t knock down AOs The government should be wary of diminishing the role of awarding organisations in its T-level proposals, argues Julie Hyde,… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Adult learners are vital to our skills strategy The government is taking positive steps on skills development, but adult learners must be attended to, says Ruth Spellman… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion ‘Social mobility’ means nothing without financial support for FE This Conservative government certainly talks the talk when it comes to social mobility. But, as Emily Chapman explains, it… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Less careers strategy, more high-risk experiment The UK’s careers so-called “strategy” is to ditch trained, independent professionals in favour of volunteers, warns Dr Deirdre Hughes… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion High transport costs are letting SEND learners down It has become all too clear this term that learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) who want… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Opinion How can we get more adults to learn? We are already looking at the supply of skills training, writes Fiona Aldridge. Now we need to encourage people… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Hitting the targets, missing the point While apprenticeship starts have risen for ethnic minorities and those with learning difficulties, much of their progress has been… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Prevent is preventing education The crude imposition of Prevent in colleges has created a with-us-or-against-us mentality, running roughshod over the British value of… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Colleges’ Ofsted bounce-back should be acknowledged Three weeks ago we reported that by the end of the last academic year, college performance had dipped to… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y Opinion Apprenticeships must not accredit existing knowledge The apprenticeship levy was a brave move for a Conservative government. But unless it gets to grips with apprenticeships… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Industrial strategy: what’s missing is what matters Given the challenges the UK’s society and economy now faces, the industrial strategy is a rather small, faltering step,… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion What is Core Maths and why is funding it so important? The chancellor has announced £600 for each additional student studying maths at level three. Paul Glaister, explains why core… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Newer 1 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 236 Older
