Opinion Why doesn’t FE Week have more diverse representation? Apparently, 55% of senior leaders in FE are women. I don’t believe it. A large part of my job… Catherine Murray 8y Catherine Murray 8y Opinion To boost social mobility, we need more degree apprenticeships If we really want to develop our economy, we should focus more on the top echelons, suggests Adrian Anderson… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion How World Youth Skills Day can help with social mobility Inequality is a major problem for many 18- to 24-year-olds, but Neil Bentley believes WorldSkills UK can play a… Neil Bentley-Gockmann 8y Neil Bentley-Gockmann 8y Opinion Prison education and training needs fixing – here’s how Prison education has been sidelined for too long and major change is needed now, says Rob Mills The general… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Homework should count in 20% off-the-job training rule Off-the-job training rules are inflexible and hard to enforce. They need urgent reform, argues Sue Pittock Who first thought… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Reverse the 20% off-the-job apprentice training rule The 20 per cent rule should be immediately reviewed as a universal requirement, suggests Mark Dawe AELP totally supports… Mark Dawe 8y Mark Dawe 8y Opinion 20% off-the-job training should be the minimum for apprentices The countries with the best apprenticeships in the world have far more training than we do in the UK,… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Teaching is at the heart of the skills plan In order to deliver the skilled workers our economy needs, education and industry need to forge closer links, says… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Training providers are facing uncertain times Small training providers like the Friends Centre in Brighton are struggling under the current AEB uncertainty, writes Helen Osborne… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion The apprentice voice improves quality It is apprentices who will pay the price for bad decision making – so involve us, says Poppy Wolfarth… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion How we achieved Ofsted outstanding for 14-16 Ofsted recently lauded the Grimsby Institute Group’s outcomes for 14- to 16-year-old learners as ‘outstanding’. Paul Thundercliffe, headteacher of… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion It’s time for the devolved authorities to lead on skills Central government agencies have failed to produce a successful skills policy – now it’s time for the devolved authorities… Shane Chowen 8y Shane Chowen 8y Newer 1 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 239 Older