Opinion Chief inspector should look closer to home for poor performance Phil Hatton rebuts claims by Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw that the FE sector was “inadequate at best”… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Opinion What’s so special about apprenticeships? Graham Taylor questions whether apprenticeships are really worth all the funding and special attention being lavished on them by… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Opinion EDITORIAL: Boles bottles it Editor’s comment ‘I don’t know, or if I did I wouldn’t tell you’ — it’s quite a statement for… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Opinion Hold-ups could lead to better area review outcomes Chris Thomson reflects on how a longer than expected post-16 area review process is giving time to focus on… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Opinion Relaxation of traineeships rules must be carefully managed The government announced last month that it was relaxing the rules on which providers can run traineeships. Liz Williams… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Opinion A call to collaborate for the future While area reviews mean colleges will become closer than ever before, Martin Simmons argues that collaboration was always going… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Opinion One girl’s experience of a gender journey in FE Bullying and harassment is something one-third adult transgender learners go through, according to a group of MPs. Beatrix Groves,… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y Opinion New year, new beginnings, new challenges Months of waiting for the official birth of the Learning and Work Institute came to an end on New… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y Opinion Getting to a higher quality apprentice system The quality of apprenticeships is an issue never far from the FE headlines. Nida Broughton outlines her view of… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Opinion Framework for a ‘turbulent’ year ahead Having spent the last four weeks in the Americas, primarily the Caribbean and Brazil, it was interesting to compare… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Opinion Loss of UKCES standards proves an occupational hazard Reforms to apprenticeships could be leaving behind the lessons learned by the UKCES in the development of NOS, government… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Opinion New Year’s honour is just reward for 30 years of dedicated service to FE Catherine Hill reflects on her experience of being awarded an OBE for services to FE and why she is… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 239 Older