Opinion

Skills to pay the bills

Kirstie Donnelly explains why she thinks the teaching of soft skills need to be incorporated more into apprenticeships and…

Kirstie Donnelly
Kirstie Donnelly
Opinion

Tough budget choices

Government budgets are of course finite — but our front page exposes questionable priorities over how it is being…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Bang the drum for National Apprenticeship Week

National Apprenticeship Week is about banging the drum for apprenticeships. It is about showcasing the excellent work that has…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Take stock over expansion plans

National Apprenticeship Week rightly celebrates tens of thousands of individual successes from young beginners to older workers acquiring new…

Gordon Marsden
Gordon Marsden
Opinion

Welfare reforms impact on our students

Shane Chowen calls for greater recognition of the impact welfare cuts will have on FE students. The parliamentary process…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Opinion

Support apprenticeships inquiry

The Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy has launched an inquiry that will look at the merits of…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor


Opinion

Give apprentices a say in shaping their education

The Government has faced criticism for rejecting attempts to ensure representatives from all stakeholders involved with apprenticeships — not…

Shakira Martin
Shakira Martin
Opinion

Wilshaw’s size nines

Sir Michael Wilshaw is of course entitled to his own opinions. But when called to give evidence to the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Immigrants want to learn English

Bea Groves hits back at links made between immigrants who struggle to speak English and terrorism. f anyone thinks…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Lessons learned over study programmes

Graham Taylor casts a weary eye over the evolution of study programmes. The study programme is now in its…

Graham Taylor
Graham Taylor
Opinion

Chance to rejoin the ‘mainstream flow’

The Government has published its long-awaited guidance for sixth form colleges (SFCs) becoming academies. David Igoe considers what this…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Don’t be Bole’d over

It is totally unfair and short sighted of the Department for Education to force sixth form colleges in the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford