Opinion Youth unemployment tops the Budget agenda for FE and skills A host of policy announcements figured in Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement. Mick Fletcher looks at those affecting FE…. Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Opinion Software problems in ‘Lars of the Summer Whine’ Problems with new Skills Funding Agency (SFA) software continue to trouble FE staff as they prepare to attempt submitting… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Opinion Aiming high on ‘real’ work experience Colleges run their own ‘business’ to allow learners to gain experience and 157 Group executive director Lynne Sedgemore said… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Hitting back at the level two ‘dead-end’ criticism Claims last month that up to 50,000 teenagers were studying ‘dead-end’ level two courses were ‘superficial and sensational’ says… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion 2013: A (Further Education) Policy Odyssey Former House of Commons Education Select Committee specialist Ben Nicholls is head of policy and communications at London’s Newham… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Commissioner: right man, wrong job? Failing colleges should of course be the main concern of the new FE Commissioner, but the benefit of his… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion A different approach to the Stem problem The supply of science, technology, engineering and maths learners from school is a worry and action is needed, but… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Do Labour’s proposed apprentice numbers really add up? Opposition leader Ed Miliband claims to have spotted a problem with IT apprenticeships — they’ve been declining. But, explains,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Look at apprenticeship rules before reforming them Many apprenticeship reviews over the last few years have called for change to the programme, but, asks Michael Woodgate,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Putting ‘our world class’ FE offer A busy year of FE expansion with the likes of AoC in India and UK China Partners in Education… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Do colleges train too many hairdressers? Plenty of apprenticeship starts and a high public spend on training would suggest a wealth of hairdressers, but an… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Defending colleges and their ‘realistic’ workplace offer Traineeships are the latest example of the myth that colleges cannot provide a true-to-life working environment for learners, says… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 233 Older
