Opinion

Show the Government how FE is responding to reform agenda

It is vitally important that FE shows it is responding to the Government’s reform agenda, says Gemma Gathercole. As…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

‘Don’t fall foul of doing what is urgent instead of what is important for new SFA subcontracting rules’

Small but key changes to Skills Funding Agency (SFA) subcontracting rules could lead to big problems for lead providers…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Apprenticeships reform puts college sector in need of a cunning plan

Government direction on skills policy is clear — take-up the apprenticeships challenge. Colleges that don’t act accordingly put their…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Funding cuts death of NBAP ‘unacceptable’

Meredith White outlines how the Network for Black and Asian Professionals (NBAP) helped her, and just what the FE…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Filling the vocational void

Sam Parrett outlines her view of the role of colleges in delivering careers education to as young an audience…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Colleges can meet new policy for young apprenticeships — but are the jobs there?

The Department for Education’s plans to get 16-year-old classroom-based vocational learners into apprenticeships after a year are assessed by…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


Opinion

Nordic fairy tales and learning the lessons of the past

The Department for Education’s new panel tasked with looking at a new framework for technical and professional education needs…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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
FE Week Reporter
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
FE Week Reporter
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
FE Week Reporter
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
FE Week Reporter
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
FE Week Reporter