Opinion

Financial security or Ofsted outstanding, or both?

Bournville College leadership got a glowing grade one from Ofsted before the FE Commissioner Dr David Collins was sent…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Traineeship news offers welcome break from ‘wholesale change’

Proposals to change the way traineeship providers are funded were rejected following the government’s eight-week consultation on the issue….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Reflecting on day one of the Association of Colleges conference

A review of English and maths accreditation is welcome, but should not result in new qualifications, says Charlotte Bosworth….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

A presidential view of the AoC manifesto

The pre-general election AoC manifesto makes a number of requests to the next Government. Richard Atkins outlines the key…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Secret Principal Edition 119

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

A sea change in evidence?

Andrew Morris looks at how problems affecting FE practitioners are being a tackled with an appreciation of the need…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


Opinion

Pragmatism not evangelism needed on shift to digital

The march towards a digital future is not in doubt, but how colleges stay on course is the cause…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Vocational system progress — despite what Clegg says

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg fleshed out his idea, first revealed in February, for a UCas-style system for post-16…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Local offers for disabled learners ‘missing’ nearby specialist providers

A system of ‘Local Offers’ for children and adults with special educational needs went live in September. Kathryn Rudd…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Making a case for the QCF

More debate is needed about the future of the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) in the face of plans…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

A college path to Saudi Arabia

Competition, finance and government support are just three of the factors to have played a part in the process…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Paving the way for ‘much stronger’ 16 to 19 apprenticeships and traineeships

Kirsty Donnelly was one of a number of witnesses to give evidence to the House of Commons Education Select…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter