Opinion

Governance reform is at risk of looking to the past

Colleges have been told to think critically about the diversity of their governing boards, but what might that mean…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

FE mergers and acquisitions are logical steps towards increasing educational sophistication

Forget egos and government indecision: mergers and acquisitions are logical steps towards increasing educational sophistication, says David Sherlock. I’ve…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Apprenticeship funding should be rerouted through the tax system

Highly-skilled jobs needn’t be the reserve of graduates, says Michael Davis. For him, a change in apprenticeships funding might…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

WorldSkills celebrates the vocational route

And apprenticeships inspire high levels of ambition, confidence and eloquence says Matthew Coffey, National Director of Further Education and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Transformational: from inadequate to good in 15 months

Macclesfield College soared from an Ofsted grade four to a grade two in just over a year. Principal Simon…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

FE faces a painful hit . . .

. . .  and the losers will be adults with low qualifications who are taking their first steps as…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


Opinion

At last, a place at Oxford

A pilot programme provides a platform for outstanding career development that will help to address the current lack of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Shine your light Sir Michael, we have nothing to hide

The chief inspector is right: success rates are not the best way to measure FE. So why doesn’t he…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Making the case for our sector

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

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Why colleges must consider all the options

College governors should consider merger only as a last resort, says Matthew Hancock. He explains why There have been…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

‘It makes life easier, but not always better’

K College was created from a merger of South Kent College and West Kent College. It is now being…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Spreading the good word

Eilis Bond tells why Plymouth’s finalists in the recent Brathay Challenge were determined to banish stereotypes surrounding apprenticeships  Work…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter