Opinion

Caution on Baker’s bold education change call

Lord Baker’s new book, 14-18: A New Vision for Education, sets out radical changes to the education system and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

It’s time for impartial advice for learners

The Education Select Committee looked at the issue of careers guidance and produced a report that questioned the impartiality…

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Careers guidance is for life, not just for classrooms

The Education Select Committee’s review of careers guidance came to worrying conclusions about the quality of service being offered…

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Much ‘to be decided’ on model for trainees

Traineeships were put firmly on the FE agenda by sector minister Matthew Hancock this month when he revealed plans…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

A framework for Ofsted success

The fear an Ofsted inspection can strike into the hearts of principals is well-known in FE. But could that…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

FE reaches the parts others can’t reach!

Could a revolution in the promotion of FE be brewing? Graham Morley looks at how colleges could learn a…

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FE Week Reporter


Opinion

What it means to offer a true apprenticeship

We need to send out a clear message about apprenticeships — don’t dumb down the brand, says Graham Hasting-Evans….

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Let’s make the FE Guild representative

As the FE Guild goes through its early stages of formulation Robin Landman OBE considers an opportunity for the…

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Complaints body call for FE students

Students in the FE sector are trailing behind their higher education counterparts when it comes to the handling of…

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Rise in apprenticeships as HE wanes

With the cost of new tuition fee arrangements seeming to hit the popularity of higher education, EAL’s Ann Watson looks…

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Apprenticeships: new year, new agenda

Apprenticeships made the news time and again in 2012 with a host of reviews. Graham Hoyle, from the AELP, explains…

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Will ‘guilding’ the LSIS be an improvement or disaster?

Stop tinkering with FE before another doomed organisation is set up (you only have to look back a few…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter