Opinion

Learner voice: teacher voice?

Taking the learner voice into account is key — but the teacher voice needs to be listened to as…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Gaps in careers guidance an opportunity for FE

Ofsted’s careers guidance report pulled no punches in its criticism of schools. Nor did it come as a surprise…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

The serious business of the education game

Playing computers needn’t be seen as a waste of time that could be better spent learning — it can…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Keeping an open mind over online learning

Almost everything is available online nowadays it would seem — including educational materials. Dr Chris Pegler looks at whether…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Tweeting a transformation in learning

The key to building a new culture of learning is to use the communication opportunities afforded by technology to…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Take a look at yourself, FE

The FE sector’s record on research isn’t great and, as such, it could be miss­ing out on many benefits,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


Opinion

Leadership challenges

Technology can change overnight, ren­dering college practices and programs obsolete. The answer is a more “agile and responsive education…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Tackling the lack of FE research

While FE is at the forefront of innova­tive learning collaborations, it sadly trails behind in research on such ef­forts,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Making technology compute in college

The days of computers as an alien sight in the classroom or workshop are long gone. But while technological…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Across the western border

With one-in-five people aged 16 to 24 out of work, traineeships are the government’s new hope for improving young…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Qualifying the FE teacher argument

Government legislation is doing away with the requirement that FE lecturers need centrally-defined teaching qualifications. Dr Matt O’Leary makes…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Apprenticeship rush

Government proposals on apprenticeships include one in which funding goes through employers. It’s a principle John Allan agrees with,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter