Opinion Big changes are coming for the FE sector — are you ready? It might be a busy few days at Association of Colleges (AoC) conference, but that is set to continue… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Opinion Taking out insurance against further cuts Changes to the handling of physical currency, paper-based invoicing and unpaid fees could just be key to financial survival… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Opinion ‘We hope the DfE-appointed group will have an open mind to solutions’ If the Department for Education (DfE) wants to get more 17-year-olds onto apprenticeships then it will need to consider… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Opinion Skills Show challenge laid down by former BBC Dragons’ Den investor Theo Paphitis The Skills Show gets under way on Thursday (November 19) at NEC Birmingham and celebrity entrepreneur Theo Paphitis wants… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Opinion ‘Marketing for a college also promotes the wider FE cause’ Competitive marketing between neighbouring colleges was criticised by FE Commissioner Dr David Collins when he wrote to principals and… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Opinion Thinking up a future for FE and skills The FE and skills sector has never been more in need of clear-minded leadership and focus. Ayub Khan outlines… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y Opinion Tighter control of finances wins Dr Collins’ approval The FE Commissioner was sent in to Stratford-Upon-Avon College after the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) rated its financial health… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Opinion A colleges’ eye view of the Spending Review A three-year funding cycle was one of the key proposals in the AoC’s submission on the Spending Review, explains… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Opinion The Indy Scene: Edition 153 When high street jeweller Gerald Ratner famously rubbished one of his products a few years ago, his ill-judged comments… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Opinion A parent’s experience of college enrolment As a marketing expert, Ruth Sparkes found the job of helping her offspring find the right FE institution an… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Opinion Listening to community learning learners Last month marked my first decade in FE. This time 10 years ago I’d just about finished my induction… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Opinion ‘There is a distinction to be made between the level of an apprenticeship and the quality of that apprenticeship’ Employers are the ultimate test of whether Sir Michael Wilshaw’s criticisms of apprenticeships were justified — and Pippa Morgan… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Newer 1 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 232 Older
