Opinion

‘Let’s agree there should be no relaxation of standards in pursuit of 3m apprenticeships’

David Cameron could have spoken about many policies in his agenda when he addressed the nation outside Number 10…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Enter apprenticeships, centre stage

The target has been set and the election won — now the government must set about achieving 3m apprenticeships….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

An ‘optimist’s’ view of the next five years of government

Bill Lucas shares his “optimist’s” view of the five years of the next Parliamentary term. People who work in…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Behind the scenes of the 2015 FE & Skills Survey

The hard work in designing, analysing and interpreting on the FE & Skills Survey that featured in the last…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Indy Scene edition 137

I am writing this on the eve of the General Election knowing that by the time you read this…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

What makes FE political

I read a blog the other day that talked about how there was so much political consensus around in…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


Opinion

There’s more to FE and skills on Twitter than apprenticeship vacancies

It’s more than five years since Ruth Sparkes first applied her FE and skills marketing knowledge to the sector’s…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

‘Our education system should be an enabler and not a blocker’

Dame Asha Khemka issues an impassioned plea for FE and the benefits it can bring as the countdown to…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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

Getting on the balcony — sustaining leadership in times of turmoil

Having attended a two-day leadership workshop with Professor Marty Linsky, of the John F Kennedy School of Government at…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

A UTC failure is a setback for vocational education

Lynne Sedgmore called for a review of the drive for more UTCs in light of the second UTC closure,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Dual mandate spells double danger

A month after the launch of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) ‘dual mandate’ consultation on the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter