Opinion Government must not ‘tie hands’ of college staff who want to help struggling 49pc The FE sector wants to play a key role in improving literacy and numeracy levels, but it could be… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Opinion Functional skills can deliver what employers need Parity should be maintained between how GCSEs and functional skills are valued by the government, says Stella Turner With… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Opinion Self-improvement in an age of reduced resources Self-improvement, not improvement, is the order of the day for new FE body the Education and Training Foundation it… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Opinion Ofsted director Coffey wins praise for prison talk Prison education and training came under the spotlight last week in a critical speech by Ofsted’s FE and skills… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Opinion Escaping the prison education past Prisons came under fire in a speech by Ofsted’s FE and skills director Matthew Coffey, who pointed out how… FE Week 12y FE Week 12y Opinion What happens when the money runs out? With allegations of shoddy practice, revelations of low pay and little training for apprentices, along with concerns about limited… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Opinion Planting and pruning course ‘not for leisure’ With Skills Minister Matthew Hancock wanting the 24+ Advanced Learning Loan System used to fund courses with a “direct… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Opinion Much talk of reform, but plenty left unsaid in conference season Further education featured prominently among the policy proposals outlined by the three main political parties at the recent conferences…. FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Opinion Unemployment ‘should not be an option’ for 18 to 24s Learning for Life is the Liberal Democrats’ policy paper for education and skills. Lady Brinton explains some of its… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Opinion Knee-jerk reaction to skills report would be damaging Figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development put England and Northern Ireland behind for numeracy and literacy,… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Opinion Preparing for increased maths teacher needs With government policy dictating that learners must work towards maths qualifications, new measures are needed to make sure there… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Opinion Colleges achieving from ‘burning platform’ The Organisation for Economic Development caught everybody’s eye with a report uncovering “poor” levels of adult numeracy while also… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Newer 1 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 233 Older
