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 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 Newer 1 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 253 Older