Opinion

Advertorial: Accessing apprenticeships – a passport to a successful future

Apprenticeships are good for business, in every sense of the word, says David Grailey National Apprenticeship Week is a…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Why the introduction of FE loans is wrong

It’s folly to try to transfer a university funding model to FE, says Toni Pearce National Apprenticeship Week celebrates…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Give employers ownership via tax system

More employer ownership (and tax credits) will help to ensure that apprenticeship schemes drive the economy forward, says Doug…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

New jobs, new business and new growth

The sixth National Apprenticeship Week is a chance to reflect and look forward to the changes that will drive…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Understanding what journalists are looking for can be a challenge

As an education journalist, I receive hundreds of press releases and dozens of phone calls each week from people…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Alumni can offer more than money

Universities don’t bid a final farewell to their students — the world of higher education alumni bodies is a…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


Opinion

Better learning opportunities for prisoners

Weston College is educating inmates at 13 prisons across South West England having won the region’s Offender Learning and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

It’s time to share the secret

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

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

FE is at risk of getting left behind in the digital dust

With advancements in technology, FE has moved on, too – not that you’d be too aware of that if…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Staying on after school has a new meaning

Thanks to the raising of the participation age, staying on after school no longer means sitting in class after…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

New funding reform ‘is a real nightmare’

A bill setting out exciting aspirations for people with special educational needs (SEN) could be stymied by funding reforms…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Rising to the challenges we all face

Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw had some tough words for FE at a recent Education Select Committee hearing, and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter