Opinion Aiming high on ‘real’ work experience Colleges run their own ‘business’ to allow learners to gain experience and 157 Group executive director Lynne Sedgemore said… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Hitting back at the level two ‘dead-end’ criticism Claims last month that up to 50,000 teenagers were studying ‘dead-end’ level two courses were ‘superficial and sensational’ says… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion 2013: A (Further Education) Policy Odyssey 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 Commissioner: right man, wrong job? Failing colleges should of course be the main concern of the new FE Commissioner, but the benefit of his… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion A different approach to the Stem problem The supply of science, technology, engineering and maths learners from school is a worry and action is needed, but… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Do Labour’s proposed apprentice numbers really add up? Opposition leader Ed Miliband claims to have spotted a problem with IT apprenticeships — they’ve been declining. But, explains,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Look at apprenticeship rules before reforming them Many apprenticeship reviews over the last few years have called for change to the programme, but, asks Michael Woodgate,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Putting ‘our world class’ FE offer A busy year of FE expansion with the likes of AoC in India and UK China Partners in Education… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Do colleges train too many hairdressers? Plenty of apprenticeship starts and a high public spend on training would suggest a wealth of hairdressers, but an… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Defending colleges and their ‘realistic’ workplace offer Traineeships are the latest example of the myth that colleges cannot provide a true-to-life working environment for learners, says… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion The taxing issue of future funding in a world of cuts With government spending on adult skills set to fall over the coming years, Mark Corney tries to find a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Making vocational education the ‘envy of the world’ After a year in office, Skills Minister Matthew Hancock provides an update on his four priorities for vocational education…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 208 Older
