Opinion A plea for cuts caution after unannounced qualifications cull Vocational education seems to be viewed as a soft option for public funding cuts, but it’s a view that… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Skill shortages may not be what they seem The employer skills survey pointed out, in general, how skills shortages were threatening to undermine any economic recovery. Mick… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Are rural business communities being let down in the training stakes? Employers in big town and city locations make an attractive proposition for young workers and providers who, claims Salena… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Building a skilled construction workforce between the gaps While the building trade is a big employer of apprentices, the wider construction industry suffers skills gaps elsewhere. But… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Lessons from experience in delivering education for imprisoned young learners With the government having announced plans for secure colleges for young offenders, Paul Phillips uses his experience of delivering… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Taking a leaf out of Bridgwater’s nuclear skills delivery book With Skills Minister Matthew Hancock having announced plans for a nuclear college, Mike Robbins looks at whether he should… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Toughness vs training — the tools of the teaching trade Former House of Commons Education Select Committee specialist Ben Nicholls is head of policy and communications at London’s Newham… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Skills shortage presents urgent opportunities for FE sector The Employer Skills Survey has thrown up some interesting statistics about the state of the UK economy and its… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Keeping the pressure on homophobia in a time of funding constraints Pressure group Stonewall’s annual list of the top 100 lesbian, gay and bisexual-friendly employers included just three FE and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Securing education for young offenders — learning first, detention second The education of young offenders looks set to improve drastically with the government’s announcement of Secure Colleges, where the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion No letting up on England’s poor adult literacy and numeracy Adult literacy and numeracy levels in England came out badly under the scrutiny of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Keeping the apprenticeship wage up to date in the workplace — and online It took the National Apprenticeship Service, and the overarching Skills Funding Agency, three months to act over a 3p… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 207 Older