Opinion What quality work placements look like Early reports into the efficacy of work placements suggest that they’ll be tough to get right, writes Bill Esmond… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion What’s so good about mega FE colleges? Andy Wilson, who heads up one of the largest college groups in the country, explains why size does matter… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Big BAME focus – really? The government went to the trouble of setting a target in 2015 to increase apprenticeship starts for ethnic minorities,… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Opinion The DfE’s blanket BAME strategy is cloth-eared The government’s strategy to increase BAME participation in further and higher education ignores important differences between ethnic groups, argues… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion What should the maths component of T-levels look like? Much expert research and development has already been carried out into maths in technical education – let’s not reinvent… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Healthy organisations need healthy leaders The whole character of an institution is shaped by its leaders’ ethics, writes Dame Ruth Silver Leadership and mental… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Levy cash must be used to widen access to apprenticeships The AoC’s Teresa Frith believes that the chancellor should make tweaks to apprenticeship funding, rather than wholesale changes Apprenticeships… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Whitehall can’t manage apprenticeship reforms alone The reforms to apprenticeships have so far been demonstrably disastrous, says Simon Ashworth, who is pleading for a serious… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Lack of EPA is a disaster for apprentices and government It is a disaster if even a single apprentice has reached what should be the end of their studies… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Opinion Is it wrong to make GCSE grade 4 our college entry requirement? Dr Sue, director of policy and external relations at Holex, answers your questions on college governance, backed by her… Sue Pember 8y Sue Pember 8y Opinion Machiavellian advice for college principals Principals are often maligned, but they’re only mirroring government policy, argues Damien Page It is not hard to find… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Learn from recent history to avert apprenticeship disaster Government figures have revealed a dramatic 61-per-cent drop in apprenticeship starts between May and July, compared with the same… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Newer 1 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 249 Older
