Opinion Survey helps us deal with skills gap The UKCES Employer Skills Survey is one of the largest of its kind in the world. More than 91,000… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Regulation must not hinder battle against prejudice A report published earlier this month by the House of Commons women and equalities committee found evidence of “unacceptable”… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Time to deliver on quality careers advice The government announced on January 24 that it would legally force schools to let FE providers talk to students… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Editors comment: Honesty is the best policy Take a moment to empathise with the Central Delivery Service (CDS) advisers at the Skills Funding Agency. As if… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Student views will strengthen college campaign case The NUS has launched a new #FEunplugged campaign to battle against provider closures through the government’s programme of post-16… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Making the levy work for charities Anjelica Finnegan looks at what needs to be considered to make the apprenticeship levy work for charities. In April… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion The ‘painful’ path from inadequate to good After a visit from FE Commissioner Dr David Collins in 2014, Weymouth College went from an Ofsted rating of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 254 Older