Opinion Let’s maintain the upward Ofsted trend for colleges! Our analysis of colleges’ Ofsted grades suggests a significant improvement in the past five months. By the end of… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y Opinion Non-levy apprenticeship funding process was as fair as possible Every month, Anne Milton, the minister in charge of skills and apprenticeships, will write a column for FE Week,… Anne Milton 8y Anne Milton 8y Opinion Don’t judge colleges on Progress 8! The government’s wrong-headed performance measures do not work for 14-to-16 provision, and cannot give vocational learning the credit it… Sam Parrett 8y Sam Parrett 8y Opinion Invest in Ofsted to guarantee apprenticeship quality This week the number of providers and employers able to directly tap into an annual £2.5 billion apprenticeship pot… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y Opinion T-level occupational maps must be flexible Unless there’s the space for young people to transfer the skills they learn onto another route, we risk locking… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Do new college principals really need sector experience? 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 does Ofsted consider a good college curriculum? Amanda Spielman cited Harlow College as having particularly good curriculum design at the AoC conference in the autumn –… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion What now for the levy reforms? Apprenticeship take-up since the introduction of the levy last May continues to slide, but whether this represents a longer-term… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y Opinion How can we ensure the Year of Engineering is a success? The government’s newest initiative couldn’t have come at a better time for a sector trying to blow open its… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Non-levy procurement process was a lottery The government’s non-levy procurement process wasn’t a fair competition because providers weren’t given all the information in advance, writes… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Carillion and the employer-provider problem The collapse of Carillion is a sombre reminder that apprentices must, by law, be employees. The government expects that… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y Opinion Office for Students board must have FE representation The OfS board has no FE representation – as the DfE recently admitted to MPs. Emily Chapman wants this… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Newer 1 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 247 Older
