Opinion

My journey into FE governance

The rise to the position of chair at Burton and South Derbyshire College was relatively smooth for Everton Burke,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

What to do if the Budget doesn’t go well for you

Late last month, sector leaders handed a 42,5000-signature petition to Number 10 Downing Street calling on the Prime Minister…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Merger lessons from the K College meltdown

Troubled mergers led to financial meltdown at K College last year before Graham Razey emerged as one of two…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Sector ‘inequality’ at play in EFA college bail-out

Nacro, the crime reduction charity took on Southampton’s struggling Totton College after the Education Funding Agency (EFA) paid a…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Ofsted FE director outlines ‘biggest inspection change in 20 years’

Lorna Fitzjohn outlines key elements of the new unified common inspection framework that will be in effect from September….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

‘Resource FE colleges properly to deliver higher level technical skills’

Responding to Lady Alison Wolf’s report — Heading for the precipice: can further and higher education funding policies be…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


Opinion

Secret Principal

The principal of a large and well-established FE college writes about life at the top — the worries, the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Questions yet to be answered in Ofqual’s QCF reforms

Ofqual recently outlined its plans for closing the unit databank as part of its ongoing work to withdraw the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Leadership issues on the agenda for FE women

Women from across the FE and skills sector were at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills conference centre…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Skills Minister’s questions run deep

Skills Minister Nick Boles has posed a series of hard questions for the future of FE and skills. But…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Apprenticeships — why we need to put pedagogy back into provision

Funding may well be key to getting anywhere near the government’s 3m apprenticeship starts target for the period of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

In defence of Functional Skills

Jonathan Wells makes the case for the end of preferential government treatment for GCSEs over Functional Skills Functional Skills…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter