Opinion Colleges can meet new policy for young apprenticeships — but are the jobs there? The Department for Education’s plans to get 16-year-old classroom-based vocational learners into apprenticeships after a year are assessed by… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Nordic fairy tales and learning the lessons of the past The Department for Education’s new panel tasked with looking at a new framework for technical and professional education needs… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Big changes are coming for the FE sector — are you ready? It might be a busy few days at Association of Colleges (AoC) conference, but that is set to continue… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Opinion Taking out insurance against further cuts Changes to the handling of physical currency, paper-based invoicing and unpaid fees could just be key to financial survival… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y 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 Newer 1 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 254 Older
