Opinion

Edition 128

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

Politicians coming off the fence

As the countdown to the general election approaches the two-month mark, Mick Fletcher assesses the early FE and skills…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Digital skills and the make-or-break challenge for the FE and skills sector

Lady Morgan fleshes out her views on the performance of the FE and skills sector in light of the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

National Advancement Service plan can help tackle low pay

The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) has suggested a National Advancement Service be established. Here, deputy chief…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Colleges face cuts while academies cash in

With growing rumours that around 50 FE colleges are in financial difficulty, Lynne Sedgmore considers why the sector has…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Edition 127

By the time you read this, it will be just 90 or so days until we know the general…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


Opinion

Don’t leave it more than two years between inspections

Having been handed a disastrous ‘inadequate’ Ofsted grading nearly six years after the last visit resulted in ‘outstanding’ plaudits…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

The resistible rise of learner complaints

A legal change later this year will strengthen the rights of general FE college learners taking higher education courses….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Getting ‘stuck in’ to skills devolution

Chancellor George Osborne and the leaders of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) signed The Greater Manchester Agreement in…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

A look back with the general election looming

“A week is a long time in politics,” were famous words from Labour Prime Minister of the 1960s and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

‘Once young people have become Neet we’ve already failed’

Amid the response to a report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on young people not in education, employment…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Edition 125

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