Opinion A four-pronged approach to turning around the fate of Functional Skills Functional Skills could have been saved from the qualifications scrapheap with Skills Minister Nick Boles having revealed hopes for… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion The principal of a large and well-established FE college writes about life at the top — the worries, Labour conference Seeing a party leader actually talking about FE and skills policy is both encouraging and unnerving. Nobody… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion College ‘no longer a dirty word’ A rebranding exercise at Lewisham Southwark College cost almost £290,000 and the result — Lesoco — could be dropped… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Earning or learning… or yearning for one more student? I introduced myself on the FE Week website as the new FE Insider last month as having a real… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Want to open a free school? Make an early start on plans The Department for Education’s application window for the opening of free schools closes on October 10. Pauline Hagen discusses… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Maths proposals add up to a funding change The charity National Numeracy has launched a manifesto aimed at eliminating the “national scourge” of poor everyday maths skills… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Taking Indian involvement ‘to the next level’ Dame Asha Khemka explains what was behind her recent visit to India, and why colleges should renew efforts to… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Making young women part of the skills ‘equation’ The number of young women considered not in education, employment or training (Neet) is 29 per cent higher than… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Keeping the Feltag momentum going The new academic year brings new pressures and priorities — and learning technology must remain foremost among these, says… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Making the right impact on principal appointments With a number of principal appointments to have hit the FE Week headlines over the summer, Sue Pember looks… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion The adult literacy and numeracy ‘scandal’ The funding, teaching and organisation of adult literacy and numeracy programmes are in need of government action, says Adrian… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion ‘We’ve been struggling with adult literacy and numeracy for decades’ An MPs’ committee has been investigating whether England has been failing adults who struggle with numeracy and literacy. Paul… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 255 Older
