Opinion Ofqual’s new app requires improvement Ofqual’s app is a step in the right direction. It’s a prototype, though, and several more steps will be… Gemma Gathercole 8y Gemma Gathercole 8y Opinion How to increase apprenticeship starts The levy has had more than its share of teething problems, but it’s not time to bin it yet, says Kathleen… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Maths GCSE investment adds up The extra £48.5m in the budget to support college students pass their GCSE maths is to be celebrated – and it’s… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Opinion Stop trying to control colleges, Corbyn! Politicians need to stop vying for control of FE and instead focus on accountability, writes Ali Hadawi Last week… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Hammond, take care where you sprinkle the skills cash With the UK’s poor economic forecast doing few favours to the skills budget, government must ensure it’s putting money… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion A budget burgeoning with skills… But beware policy churn The budget offers important steps in the right direction but, with the current policy churn in FE, we need… Kirstie Donnelly 8y Kirstie Donnelly 8y Opinion Hammond’s budget revealed poor understanding of further education Instead of a thought-out comprehensive strategy for further and adult education and skills, the government has merely delivered more… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion How can college governors impact government policy? Dr Sue, director of policy and external relations at Holex, answers your questions on college governance, backed by her… Sue Pember 8y Sue Pember 8y Opinion What FE needs to know about competition law Why should the corporate world of mergers, cartels and market abuses apply to those teaching and training young people?… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Ditch job-specific apprenticeship standards Simply put, there are too many pathways, says Rob May, and they’re more than likely too specialised to be… Rob May 8y Rob May 8y Opinion Apprenticeship budget must be guaranteed The gloomy outlook for our economy risks reduced investment via the levy in apprenticeships when we need it most,… Stephen Evans 8y Stephen Evans 8y Opinion Principal’s reworking of Dolly Parton classic for FE is in best tradition of protest music From Leadbelly to Woody Guthrie and Billy Bragg, there’s a proud history of protest singers drawing attention to injustice. Now… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Newer 1 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 236 Older