Opinion Less careers strategy, more high-risk experiment The UK’s careers so-called “strategy” is to ditch trained, independent professionals in favour of volunteers, warns Dr Deirdre Hughes… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion High transport costs are letting SEND learners down It has become all too clear this term that learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) who want… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Opinion How can we get more adults to learn? We are already looking at the supply of skills training, writes Fiona Aldridge. Now we need to encourage people… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Hitting the targets, missing the point While apprenticeship starts have risen for ethnic minorities and those with learning difficulties, much of their progress has been… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Prevent is preventing education The crude imposition of Prevent in colleges has created a with-us-or-against-us mentality, running roughshod over the British value of… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Colleges’ Ofsted bounce-back should be acknowledged Three weeks ago we reported that by the end of the last academic year, college performance had dipped to… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y Opinion Apprenticeships must not accredit existing knowledge The apprenticeship levy was a brave move for a Conservative government. But unless it gets to grips with apprenticeships… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Industrial strategy: what’s missing is what matters Given the challenges the UK’s society and economy now faces, the industrial strategy is a rather small, faltering step,… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion What is Core Maths and why is funding it so important? The chancellor has announced £600 for each additional student studying maths at level three. Paul Glaister, explains why core… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Ofqual’s new app requires improvement Ofqual’s app is a step in the right direction. It’s a prototype, though, and several more steps will be… Gemma Gathercole 8y Gemma Gathercole 8y Opinion How to increase apprenticeship starts The levy has had more than its share of teething problems, but it’s not time to bin it yet, says Kathleen… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y Opinion Maths GCSE investment adds up The extra £48.5m in the budget to support college students pass their GCSE maths is to be celebrated – and it’s… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Newer 1 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 255 Older
