Opinion

The indy scene

I arrived back in Britain on Tuesday after three weeks’ magnificent customer service in the United States and the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Feltag’s ‘assessment tail wagging the pedagogic dog’

The effect of the Further Education Learning Technology Action Group (Feltag) is being felt across the sector, explains Bob…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

BIS red tape plan a ‘Groundhog Day’ for FE and skills

Efforts by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to cut red tape succeeded in reducing up to…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

How will two become one?

Jim Proudfoot considers the purpose of the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) and asks ‘what next?’ in light of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Is this really the end of the QCF?

Despite Ofqual announcing that the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) is set for the FE and skills graveyard, Stephen…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

City solution to the skills shortage conundrum

Devolution of skills funding to city regions could be the key to solving local skills shortages, according to Mark…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


Opinion

Going back to ‘college’ with lessons from Lesoco

In January 2013, FE Week was first to report that the merged Lewisham and Southwark colleges, in South London,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Going global to benefit local

A new report looks at how UK general FE colleges are reaping the VET (vocational education and training) rewards of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Edition 121

I had mixed emotions when I heard Skills Minister Nick Boles’s new apprentice set off the security alarms on…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Making a job out ofcareers education

It’s been a particularly busy month in FE with the combination of the Skills Show and the Association of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Still in tune? The skills system and the changing structures of work

Dame Ruth Silver explains the origins of the latest Skills Commission report, which raises several ‘strategic alerts’ for the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Facing the Feltag challenge together

Overarching FE and skills bodies have been looking at the Further Education Learning Technology Action Group (Feltag) report and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter