Opinion Market or system – what’s the best model for FE? Further education is increasingly being used as a laboratory between competing models of education, and the market model is… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Why is there no T-Level pathway for sport? Elite sports is one of the hardest industries to break into, yet there are no plans for any technical… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion £73m unspent adult education budget funding is absurd The adult education budget has been significantly cut over the last decade, to the annual £1.5 billion it is… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Opinion Anne Milton: The restructuring facility won’t be used to prop up colleges The government has put up £300m to keep struggling colleges on their feet, but it’s not a hand-out for… Anne Milton 8y Anne Milton 8y Opinion Degree apprenticeships shouldn’t just be repackaged degrees Martin Doel believes there can be a place for higher and degree apprenticeships – but they can’t be near-exact… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion The government should focus on apprenticeship quality, not quantity Without proper focus on apprenticeships at the top end, the government will never achieve its ambition to close the… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion ESOL is chronically underfunded – this must change It’s all very well the education secretary waxing lyrical about English as a second language, but without proper funding,… Gordon Marsden 8y Gordon Marsden 8y Opinion Off-the-job training should be a selling point, not a sticking point It is very clear that many apprenticeship providers are struggling to persuade employers to buy into the new 20-per-cent… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y Opinion Colleges, training providers, adult education services – we need a diverse provider market It’s always nice to be at a big conference with people passionate about learning, skills, training and apprenticeships. The… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Why are apprenticeship drop-out rates so high? Jisc’s Paul Feldman argues that to boost completion rates, we first need to understand why apprentices are dropping out… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion What the government needs to do to promote T-levels All the polling suggests that not enough people know about the new T-levels, and those who do value them… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Rehabilitation rests on investment in education David Gauke’s recent speech on prison reform had a lot in it to like, writes Peter Cox, who explains… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Newer 1 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 249 Older