Opinion The adult literacy and numeracy ‘scandal’ The funding, teaching and organisation of adult literacy and numeracy programmes are in need of government action, says Adrian… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion ‘We’ve been struggling with adult literacy and numeracy for decades’ An MPs’ committee has been investigating whether England has been failing adults who struggle with numeracy and literacy. Paul… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Opinion Tip of the iceberg for sixth form saviour colleges? After a school in Cheshire announced it would be closing its sixth form over plummeting learner numbers, local colleges… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Opinion Meeting the direct recruitment challenge — one year on As participating colleges get ready to take on learners from the age of 14, Graham Towse outlines his experiences… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Opinion Closer to employers and further away from funding agencies In the 26 months since Geoff Russell stepped down as chief executive of the Skills Funding Agency, FE and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Co-operation is key to taking on school-age learners full-time Bromley College was one of nine colleges given permission to enrol 14 and 15-year-olds full-time this September, in addition… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Filling the newly-formed employability and personal development quals void Charlotte Bosworth thinks that while the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) removal of funding from a raft of level two… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Opinion Free school’s A-levels claims ‘misleading and could be used against less voguish sixth form colleges’ The head teacher of the selective free school London Academy of Excellence, which only accepts learners that achieve at… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Opinion Cash-strapped college appointed principal without competition to avoid ‘expensive recruitment process’ The FE Commissioner visited Stratford-Upon Avon College after its financial health was rated as inadequate by the Skills Funding Agency…. Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Opinion Towards a three-way traineeship policy? Mark Corney looks at how the traineeship programme is developing policy-wise. From this month, traineeships have been open to… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Opinion No easy solution to youth unemployment Stewart Segal outlines the response of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers to the IPPR’s Remember the Young… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Opinion Are providers playing it too safe on work experience? The importance of work experience in developing skills has been reinforcd by no less than Ofsted and the UK Commission… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 208 Older
