Opinion

‘Resource FE colleges properly to deliver higher level technical skills’

Responding to Lady Alison Wolf’s report — Heading for the precipice: can further and higher education funding policies be…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Secret Principal

The principal of a large and well-established FE college writes about life at the top — the worries, the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Questions yet to be answered in Ofqual’s QCF reforms

Ofqual recently outlined its plans for closing the unit databank as part of its ongoing work to withdraw the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Leadership issues on the agenda for FE women

Women from across the FE and skills sector were at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills conference centre…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Skills Minister’s questions run deep

Skills Minister Nick Boles has posed a series of hard questions for the future of FE and skills. But…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Apprenticeships — why we need to put pedagogy back into provision

Funding may well be key to getting anywhere near the government’s 3m apprenticeship starts target for the period of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


Opinion

In defence of Functional Skills

Jonathan Wells makes the case for the end of preferential government treatment for GCSEs over Functional Skills Functional Skills…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

‘We all have a duty to prevent extremism and Ofsted will check that we are’

The prevention of extremism is a wide-ranging concern that reaches into vocational education and training issue, a Selina Stewart…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Making Trailblazers and future funding a reality

Apprenticeship reforms remain on the agenda and could be even more important as the government seeks to hit its…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Delivering apprenticeships — an employer’s view

Mapped out long-term career paths in technical or leadership roles are just some of the propositions facing apprentice at…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Apprenticeships as the jewel in the skills training crown

Jason Holt’s 2012 report for government on getting more businesses taking on apprentices puts him in good position to…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Being cheerful about the new government’s commitment to giving more powers to city regions and Leps

Dr Ann Limb presents five reasons to be cheerful about skills, devolution and localism over the next five years….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter