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 7y NICK LINFORD 7y 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… Expert Contributor 7y TONY ALLEN 7y 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… Expert Contributor 7y TOM BEWICK 7y 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… Expert Contributor 7y DAME RUTH SILVER 7y 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… Expert Contributor 7y JOE DROMEY 7y 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 7y SHANE MANN 7y 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… Expert Contributor 7y JENNY TAYLOR 7y 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… Expert Contributor 7y LEE HUNT MBE 7y 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 –… Expert Contributor 7y BEN BLACKLEDGE 7y 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 7y EDDIE PLAYFAIR 7y 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 7y NICK LINFORD 7y 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… Expert Contributor 7y EWART KEEP 7y Newer 1 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 247 Older