Opinion A further education manifesto for 2017 As political parties scramble to write their manifestos, carefully crafting their words to minimise the number of broken promises… Graham Taylor 9y Graham Taylor 9y Opinion 3 ways to support apprentices’ mental health Apprentices need help getting the right mental health support in place to give them the best chance of retaining… Expert Contributor 9y Expert Contributor 9y Opinion Cuts to apprenticeship providers will end in disaster The goverment’s determination not to open up any more lines of funding for our incredibly hard-pressed providers is a… Expert Contributor 9y Expert Contributor 9y 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 9y Alix Robertson 9y 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 9y Expert Contributor 9y 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 9y Expert Contributor 9y 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 9y Sue Pember 9y 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 9y Alix Robertson 9y 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 9y Mark Dawe 9y 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 9y Expert Contributor 9y 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 9y Expert Contributor 9y 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 9y Expert Contributor 9y Newer 1 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 249 Older