Opinion I’ll give FE learners a louder voice nationally Writing exclusively for FE Week, Shakira Martin, the new president-elect of the NUS discusses her ambitious plans to represent… Shakira Martin 8y Shakira Martin 8y Opinion Are the party pledges for FE meaningless? Both Labour and the Lib Dems have made some pre-manifesto pledges on further education, but these should all be… Gemma Gathercole 8y Gemma Gathercole 8y Opinion ESFA need to fess up to their ‘mistake’ The Education and Skills Funding Agency has dug itself a huge hole. Incredibly, it’s still digging. As readers will… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y Opinion A further education manifesto for 2017 As political parties scramble to write their manifestos, carefully crafting their words to minimise the number of broken promises… Graham Taylor 8y Graham Taylor 8y Opinion 3 ways to support apprentices’ mental health Apprentices need help getting the right mental health support in place to give them the best chance of retaining… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Cuts to apprenticeship providers will end in disaster The goverment’s determination not to open up any more lines of funding for our incredibly hard-pressed providers is a… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Don’t shy away from campus grades The ongoing decline in the number of colleges with outstanding inspection results risks seriously undermining confidence in the sector…. Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y Opinion Smelting apprenticeship gold: the alchemy of EQA To avoid a conflict of interest, it would seem logical for Ofqual to take over external quality assurance for… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Stop ignoring national colleges! Birmingham already had a college on the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers, and it fills an important gap in… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Principals’ remuneration: What benchmarks should we be using? Dr Sue, director of policy and external relations at Holex, answers your questions, backed by her experience as principal… Sue Pember 8y Sue Pember 8y Opinion Levy launch overshadowed by horror story On the eve of the apprenticeship reforms being implemented the government might have expected the sector to be apprehensive,… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y Opinion The non-levy procurement pause will be “a slaughter of providers” Mark Dawe, chief executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers, calls for immediate government action to alleviate… Mark Dawe 8y Mark Dawe 8y Newer 1 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 232 Older
