Opinion

The DNA of good apprenticeships

As the sector celebrates apprenticeships, Phil Romain looks at what makes for a good one. My passion for apprenticeships…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

The DNA of good apprenticeships

As the sector celebrates apprenticeships, Phil Romain looks at what makes for a good one. My passion for apprenticeships…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Behind the scenes of National Apprenticeship Week

It’s five big days in the calendar for apprenticeships and Barbara Spicer explains not only what happened before and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

The Skills Funding Statement offered unpalatable certainty, but did it also help pave the way for the HMRC apprenticeship funding plan?

Adult apprenticeships emerged as a top funding priority for the government in the Skills Funding Statement last month, according…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Employing apprentices

The Association of Colleges’ annual HR conference takes place in Nottingham tomorrow and Wednesday. Richard Banks and Geoffrey Mead…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

The state of pay

The Association of Colleges’ annual HR conference takes place in Nottingham tomorrow and Wednesday. Richard Banks and Geoffrey Mead…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


Opinion

Are we heading for the right destination?

With Destination Data fast becoming the new FE show in town, Lynne Sedgmore looks at the issues that may…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Cuts hit much more than bank balances

Former House of Commons Education Select Committee specialist Ben Nicholls is head of policy and communications at London’s Newham College….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Keeping an apprenticeship culture change in sight

A busy year for apprenticeships shows no sign of letting up with reform proposals expected to come to fruition,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

The three ‘big problems’ facing apprenticeships

Government action on the apprenticeship programme isn’t doing enough to address the UK skills gap, says Liam Byrne, shadow…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Promoting the job done on apprenticeships and examining what’s next

The National Audit Office has laid out the economic benefit underpinning investment in apprenticeships, says Gordon Birtwistle, Liberal Democrat apprentice…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Apprenticeship reforms represent a ‘seismic change’ for businesses

Simple, structured and supported — three key characteristics that must define moves toward apprenticeship funding being routed directly to…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter