Opinion Lessons from the T-levels work experience pilot The 45-day placement requirement in the new T-levels is a laudable goal, but colleges need differentiated support, writes Andy… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Flaws in the benefits system are holding apprentices back Cruelties in the way much-needed welfare is handed out to NEET families is preventing their children from social mobility,… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion ESFA misses chance to get tough on wasteful subcontracting The ESFA must enforce rules that are supposed to be putting a stop to wasteful short-term subcontracting. The example… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Opinion Ofsted’s new provider monitoring and subcontracting visits explained Paul Joyce, one of the inspectorate’s head skills honchos, lays out the thinking behind the two new forms of… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion How FE can help prepare the UK’s next generation of doctors Medicine has long been the near-exclusive preserve of higher education, but the QAA’s Julie Mizon has big plans to… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion How WorldSkills is just like the Olympics With over 100,000 people at WorldSkills 2017, you realise the size of the task facing our top apprentices as… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Traineeships expose the need for T-level collaboration In 2015 the government criticised colleges for losing out to training providers by only making up a third of… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Opinion Only Ofqual should be allowed to regulate apprenticeship standards Trailblazers can choose the body that regulates their apprenticeship standard. Only one of these is actually qualified to do… Rob May 8y Rob May 8y Opinion Should a college principal have multiple jobs? Dr Sue Pember, director of policy and external relations at Holex, answers your questions on college governance, backed by… Sue Pember 8y Sue Pember 8y Opinion What lessons can we learn from end-point assessments? End-point assessment is a vital part of any apprenticeship, and Thomas Burton explains how to get it right. The… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Time to close the loophole that harms Catholic SFCs A legal anomaly is stopping Catholic sixth-form colleges from reaping the benefits of academisation. Putting this right would be… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Why is the IfA silent on end-point assessment concerns? The issue of apprentices starting standards without an end-point assessment organisation in place was first raised by FE Week… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 249 Older
