Opinion New ‘data-driven’ BIS Vet research centre hits the spot The new aims and role of the Centre for Vocational Education Research (CVER) has become clearer since a consultation… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion ‘Watch out lesson observation — we’re coming to get you’ Ofsted is ending its system of graded lesson observation. It’s a subject that leant itself to the theme a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Where the axe might fall, and where it should In light of the Chancellor’s announcement he wanted to see £900m of in-year savings split evenly between the Department… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Neets — ‘it’s probably even worse than LGA says’ It’s unclear just how poor the tracking of young people’s education and employment status is, but having seen Local… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Setting out the Jisc stall for a successful future through tech David Maguire became the new Jisc chair last month and outlines for the first time his view of the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Inadequate funding for 16-19 education is not good economics With the issue of 16 to 19 funding dropping to critical levels, sector leaders have written to Chancellor George… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Dr Sue, Opinion Dr Sue (edition 141) How do you handle your new principal’s demands? Is the managing director refusing to budge? Dr Sue Pember, the… Sue Pember 10y Sue Pember 10y Opinion ‘Learning and employment systems broken for millions of people’ Armed with the results of the annual learning participation survey, David Hughes takes aim at the number of adults… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion The Indy Scene At the prestigious city headquarters of the Bank of New York last month we presented the first group of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion A call to demonstrate what FE and its workforce can offer Andrew Harden reflects on FE events at the UCU 2015 congress in Glasgow. The University and College Union’s (UCU)… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion What chance a sevenfold increase in FE loans? Investment in learning by individuals was meant to go up with FE loans, despite FE budget cuts. But latest… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Time for new post-incorporation model for general FE colleges After more than two decades of freedom from local authority control, general FE colleges are today operating in a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 232 Older