Opinion More part-time apprenticeships are needed – here’s why Apprenticeships as they stand are low-paid and inflexible, and that prices out people with care needs and children. This… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion The levy is not to blame for the fall in apprenticeship starts In last week’s FE Week webinar, the skills minister insisted the 20-per-cent off-the job training rule for would be… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion For Careers Week, all pupils should learn about vocational routes Now the Baker clause is law and schools are obliged to inform pupils of non-university routes, Anne Milton is… Anne Milton 8y Anne Milton 8y Opinion What’s next for Kensington and Chelsea College? After local campaigners successfully prevented an unwelcome merger, the college’s chair explains how the board intends to take things… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion The incoming subcontracting tax bombshell Our front-page story will make for very uncomfortable reading for principals, chief executives and accountants at hundreds of colleges… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Opinion How Greater Manchester plans to boost BAME apprenticeships The city-region is front and centre in the government’s new plan to boost BAME participation in skills, writes Cllr… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion What colleges need to know about careers guidance Colleges have been warned they will lose funding if they don’t meet the Gatsby career benchmarks by 2020. Sir… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Change is coming – but can the apprenticeship market handle it? Employers are paying too much for their apprenticeships, according to the Department for Education. Officials “expected” employers would negotiate… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y Opinion FE should be front and centre in post-18 education review Derby College Group’s historic Roundhouse campus was chosen by the Prime Minister’s Office to host the announcement of a… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Why we should aspire to China’s approach to skills As he prepares for the long road to WorldSkills 2021 in Shanghai, Dr Neil Bentley is ever more convinced… Neil Bentley-Gockmann 8y Neil Bentley-Gockmann 8y Opinion Technical education doesn’t need a review! The prime minister is talking up technical education, but doesn’t have the goods to back up her words, according… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Is Ofsted measuring the wrong things in FE? The government needs to establish a set of FE-centric measures to get a better idea of what it wants… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Newer 1 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 252 Older