Opinion

Going global to benefit local

A new report looks at how UK general FE colleges are reaping the VET (vocational education and training) rewards of…

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Edition 121

I had mixed emotions when I heard Skills Minister Nick Boles’s new apprentice set off the security alarms on…

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Making a job out ofcareers education

It’s been a particularly busy month in FE with the combination of the Skills Show and the Association of…

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Still in tune? The skills system and the changing structures of work

Dame Ruth Silver explains the origins of the latest Skills Commission report, which raises several ‘strategic alerts’ for the…

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Facing the Feltag challenge together

Overarching FE and skills bodies have been looking at the Further Education Learning Technology Action Group (Feltag) report and…

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Financial security or Ofsted outstanding, or both?

Bournville College leadership got a glowing grade one from Ofsted before the FE Commissioner Dr David Collins was sent…

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FE Week Reporter


Opinion

Traineeship news offers welcome break from ‘wholesale change’

Proposals to change the way traineeship providers are funded were rejected following the government’s eight-week consultation on the issue….

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FE Week Reporter
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Reflecting on day one of the Association of Colleges conference

A review of English and maths accreditation is welcome, but should not result in new qualifications, says Charlotte Bosworth….

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FE Week Reporter
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A presidential view of the AoC manifesto

The pre-general election AoC manifesto makes a number of requests to the next Government. Richard Atkins outlines the key…

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FE Week Reporter
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Secret Principal Edition 119

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

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

A sea change in evidence?

Andrew Morris looks at how problems affecting FE practitioners are being a tackled with an appreciation of the need…

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FE Week Reporter
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Pragmatism not evangelism needed on shift to digital

The march towards a digital future is not in doubt, but how colleges stay on course is the cause…

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FE Week Reporter