Opinion Sector breathes a collective sigh of relief as Budget questions remain Mark Dawe was, like many in FE and skills, hanging on Chancellor George Osborne’s every word as he delivered… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y Opinion Colleges in no-win situation on meeting priorities Colleges have a number of different priorities for which they can be criticised for not focusing on and, says… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y Opinion Old Cif or new Cif? Early indications of impact on inspection judgments With a few months of the new Ofsted Common Inspection Framework (Cif) under the sector’s belt, Paul Joyce outlines… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y Opinion Where might the Chancellor’s funding axe fall? There can be little doubt that public funding for FE will fall by a lot. The question is where…. FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y Opinion Show the Government how FE is responding to reform agenda It is vitally important that FE shows it is responding to the Government’s reform agenda, says Gemma Gathercole. As… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y Opinion ‘Don’t fall foul of doing what is urgent instead of what is important for new SFA subcontracting rules’ Small but key changes to Skills Funding Agency (SFA) subcontracting rules could lead to big problems for lead providers… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y Opinion Apprenticeships reform puts college sector in need of a cunning plan Government direction on skills policy is clear — take-up the apprenticeships challenge. Colleges that don’t act accordingly put their… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y Opinion Funding cuts death of NBAP ‘unacceptable’ Meredith White outlines how the Network for Black and Asian Professionals (NBAP) helped her, and just what the FE… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y Opinion Filling the vocational void Sam Parrett outlines her view of the role of colleges in delivering careers education to as young an audience… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y Opinion Colleges can meet new policy for young apprenticeships — but are the jobs there? The Department for Education’s plans to get 16-year-old classroom-based vocational learners into apprenticeships after a year are assessed by… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y Opinion Nordic fairy tales and learning the lessons of the past The Department for Education’s new panel tasked with looking at a new framework for technical and professional education needs… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y Opinion Big changes are coming for the FE sector — are you ready? It might be a busy few days at Association of Colleges (AoC) conference, but that is set to continue… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y Newer 1 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 207 Older