Opinion Don’t shy away from campus grades The ongoing decline in the number of colleges with outstanding inspection results risks seriously undermining confidence in the sector…. Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y Opinion Smelting apprenticeship gold: the alchemy of EQA To avoid a conflict of interest, it would seem logical for Ofqual to take over external quality assurance for… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Stop ignoring national colleges! Birmingham already had a college on the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers, and it fills an important gap in… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Principals’ remuneration: What benchmarks should we be using? Dr Sue, director of policy and external relations at Holex, answers your questions, backed by her experience as principal… Sue Pember 8y Sue Pember 8y Opinion Levy launch overshadowed by horror story On the eve of the apprenticeship reforms being implemented the government might have expected the sector to be apprehensive,… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y Opinion The non-levy procurement pause will be “a slaughter of providers” Mark Dawe, chief executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers, calls for immediate government action to alleviate… Mark Dawe 8y Mark Dawe 8y Opinion Dear Robert, the apprenticeship allocation will cut our funding by over 80% Colleges and training providers were sent a funding allocation on April 25, for apprenticeship starts from May to 31 December… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion ESFA pause will destroy good specialist providers It was announced during the Easter break that the government’s decision over funding allocations for apprenticeship provision for non-levy-paying… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion ESFA was right to pause non-levy ITT process The government’s decision over funding allocations for apprenticeship provision for non-levy-paying employers has been paused, to allow it more… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion What secret grade did you get? This week we expose the ESFA’s top secret four-level grading system that gets applied to every one of just… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y Opinion I have made member feelings abundantly clear to the Agency’s leadership about the non-levy pause Statement to members, reproduced here with permission Although most of the feedback from members that I have received about yesterday’s… Mark Dawe 8y Mark Dawe 8y Opinion Ofqual should not have double standards One thing an assessment regulator should definitely not have is double standards; it undermines the core of their existence…. Mark Dawe 8y Mark Dawe 8y Newer 1 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 241 Older
