Opinion The Government must get this right The introduction of a training route to support young people without the necessary skills and qualifications to start an… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Opinion Traineeships need to have a strong start The transition from unskilled to skilled could be key to answering the UK’s youth unemployment problem, explains Matthew Hancock… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y 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 12y Nick Linford 12y 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 12y Nick Linford 12y 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 12y Nick Linford 12y 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 12y FE Week Reporter 12y 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 12y FE Week Reporter 12y 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 12y FE Week Reporter 12y 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 12y FE Week Reporter 12y 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 12y FE Week Reporter 12y 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 12y FE Week Reporter 12y 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 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 247 Older