Opinion Making the skills market work should be our priority – not ending it The levy system is a long way from perfect – but the principles that lie behind it, in terms… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion How to improve apprenticeship completion rates Apprentices need to understand why completion is so important, and this needs to be led from the top, says… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion UTCs should be allowed to recruit at 11 To circumvent the problem of recruitment at 14, LSEC is setting up a vocational free school – a UTC… Sam Parrett 8y Sam Parrett 8y Opinion Too much flexibility, not enough foresight Decades of policy turbulence have left a sector that is resilient but not necessarily forward-looking, and this needs to… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Conservatives are lying about 3m apprenticeships for young people The Conservative manifesto has repeated the pledge from 2015 to “deliver our commitment to create 3 million apprenticeships for… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y Opinion What will replace the European Social Fund? After Brexit, the government must replace the £500 million provided every year by the European Social Fund for people… Shane Chowen 8y Shane Chowen 8y Opinion I’ll give FE learners a louder voice nationally Writing exclusively for FE Week, Shakira Martin, the new president-elect of the NUS discusses her ambitious plans to represent… Shakira Martin 8y Shakira Martin 8y Opinion Are the party pledges for FE meaningless? Both Labour and the Lib Dems have made some pre-manifesto pledges on further education, but these should all be… Gemma Gathercole 8y Gemma Gathercole 8y Opinion ESFA need to fess up to their ‘mistake’ The Education and Skills Funding Agency has dug itself a huge hole. Incredibly, it’s still digging. As readers will… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y Opinion A further education manifesto for 2017 As political parties scramble to write their manifestos, carefully crafting their words to minimise the number of broken promises… Graham Taylor 8y Graham Taylor 8y Opinion 3 ways to support apprentices’ mental health Apprentices need help getting the right mental health support in place to give them the best chance of retaining… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Cuts to apprenticeship providers will end in disaster The goverment’s determination not to open up any more lines of funding for our incredibly hard-pressed providers is a… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Newer 1 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 239 Older
