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 Opinion Qualifications in apprenticeship standards: IfA rule changes aren’t enough The sector cheered when the IfA said it would allow qualifications in standards once again, but not all is… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Whistleblowers in FE are vital for sector scrutiny Whistleblowers aren’t treated with much respect in the UK, even though they generally have good intentions. Dame Ruth Silver… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Let’s maintain the upward Ofsted trend for colleges! Our analysis of colleges’ Ofsted grades suggests a significant improvement in the past five months. By the end of… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y Opinion Non-levy apprenticeship funding process was as fair as possible Every month, Anne Milton, the minister in charge of skills and apprenticeships, will write a column for FE Week,… Anne Milton 8y Anne Milton 8y Newer 1 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 254 Older