Opinion

Commercialism and creativity ‘are key’ in post-cuts market

Where can colleges and independent learning providers look as government funding cuts bite, asks David Hughes. It says something…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Coming to terms with FE loans

With the FE loans having launched a year ago, Mike Cooper looks at how the system is bedding in…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

The principal of a large and well-established FE college writes about life at the top — the worries, the hopes, the people and the issues they have to deal with every day.

What an interesting few weeks it has been since the funding agencies released details about priorities for next year…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

The Great FE and Skills Survey 2014

It is perhaps not surprising that when FE Week and the Policy Consortium invited staff across the sector to…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Embracing Ofsted as a ‘fresh pair of eyes’

Ofsted and data can both hold fear for principals, but Chris Thomson says embracing both can provide a path…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

The ‘tantalising’ potential of FE loans

As college bosses look on nervously while government funding cuts take hold, they must also think of ever more…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


Opinion

How Uncle Sam is pioneering apprenticeships

The UK often looks to Europe for inspiration on apprenticeships. Tom Bewick suggests a glance across the pond instead….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Traineeships are making a difference despite slow uptake

Traineeships should not be dismissed just because of low take-up rates, says Fiona Aldridge. We now know that in the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Wolf Report three years on: Legacy of reform could be “disaster for the country”

As part of a series of articles in the wake of the third anniversary of the Wolf Report, David…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Wolf Report three years on: Flexibility is the key

As part of a series of articles in the wake of the third anniversary of the Wolf Report, Stewart…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Promoting the debate on what a successful college looks like

Nobody more than college principals knows the wide-ranging effects of an Ofsted rating. Lynne Sedgmore makes the case for…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Charting the progress of a new FE success status

Chartered Status has been on the cards for FE for more than a year with Skills Minister Matthew Hancock…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter