Opinion There is no such thing as equality in funding or inspection The strange case of Learndirect’s long-awaited ‘inadequate’ grade shows that providers in this country are not created equal, argues… Phil Hatton 8y Phil Hatton 8y Opinion How government can widen participation through FE To boost participation of under-represented groups in higher education, further education colleges should play a greater role, argue Profs… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion The employer knows better than the ‘man from the ministry’ The levy was supposed put employers in control – don’t shunt them into the back seat just because you… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Frontier Economics is right: the T-level tender approach is not viable Important new research carried out for the DfE demonstrates that a single awarding body for T-levels would have disastrous… Gemma Gathercole 8y Gemma Gathercole 8y Opinion Why doesn’t FE Week have more diverse representation? Apparently, 55% of senior leaders in FE are women. I don’t believe it. A large part of my job… Catherine Murray 8y Catherine Murray 8y Opinion To boost social mobility, we need more degree apprenticeships If we really want to develop our economy, we should focus more on the top echelons, suggests Adrian Anderson… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion How World Youth Skills Day can help with social mobility Inequality is a major problem for many 18- to 24-year-olds, but Neil Bentley believes WorldSkills UK can play a… Neil Bentley-Gockmann 8y Neil Bentley-Gockmann 8y Opinion Prison education and training needs fixing – here’s how Prison education has been sidelined for too long and major change is needed now, says Rob Mills The general… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Homework should count in 20% off-the-job training rule Off-the-job training rules are inflexible and hard to enforce. They need urgent reform, argues Sue Pittock Who first thought… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Reverse the 20% off-the-job apprentice training rule The 20 per cent rule should be immediately reviewed as a universal requirement, suggests Mark Dawe AELP totally supports… Mark Dawe 8y Mark Dawe 8y Opinion 20% off-the-job training should be the minimum for apprentices The countries with the best apprenticeships in the world have far more training than we do in the UK,… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Teaching is at the heart of the skills plan In order to deliver the skilled workers our economy needs, education and industry need to forge closer links, says… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Newer 1 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 232 Older
