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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Thinking up a future for FE and skills The FE and skills sector has never been more in need of clear-minded leadership and focus. Ayub Khan outlines… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Opinion Tighter control of finances wins Dr Collins’ approval The FE Commissioner was sent in to Stratford-Upon-Avon College after the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) rated its financial health… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion A colleges’ eye view of the Spending Review A three-year funding cycle was one of the key proposals in the AoC’s submission on the Spending Review, explains… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion The Indy Scene: Edition 153 When high street jeweller Gerald Ratner famously rubbished one of his products a few years ago, his ill-judged comments… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion A parent’s experience of college enrolment As a marketing expert, Ruth Sparkes found the job of helping her offspring find the right FE institution an… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Listening to community learning learners Last month marked my first decade in FE. This time 10 years ago I’d just about finished my induction… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion ‘There is a distinction to be made between the level of an apprenticeship and the quality of that apprenticeship’ Employers are the ultimate test of whether Sir Michael Wilshaw’s criticisms of apprenticeships were justified — and Pippa Morgan… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Ofsted apprenticeship report ‘tactics’ branded ‘damaging’ Stewart Segal hits back at Ofsted’s recent report that was critical of apprenticeships. After all the damaging headlines that… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Size matters in qualification reform The challenges facing the FE and skills sector are not just being experienced by providers — awarding organisations (AOs)… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 249 Older
