Opinion FE Guild will make no difference without a culture of shared professional identity Last year it was my great pleasure to be invited to the celebratory dinner held during WorldSkills; in my… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Advertorial: The REED NCFE Partnership: Delivering employment outcomes in FE It’s impossible to ignore the challenges faced by unemployed people in the UK. We seem to be confronted with… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Learning from the Swiss system of apprenticeships When Doug Richard was asked about the successful Swiss system for apprenticeships at the launch of the call for… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Childcare: why high-quality training pays off David Cameron has created a National Childcare Commission in the wake of Professor Cathy Nutbrown’s review of qualifications for… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Promote FE to tackle unemployment During a recession it would make more sense for people to be supported to learn new skills in further… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Colleges must not milk the system Should FE colleges be allowed to charge their sub-contractors “management fees”? That is charging external education providers for passing… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion The LGA report is, to put it politely, inadequate The publication of the recent Local Government Association (LGA) report on a so-called “skills mismatch” in further education is… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Future of FE must be an enterprising one The news of Education Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals for reforming the qualification system has brought into sharp focus the… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion A new era of 16-19 funding per learner In October, institutions and other stakeholders were asked for their views on options for significant changes to the way… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion A new era of funding for the FE sector It will come as no surprise to you when I say funding agencies embark on a complete reworking of… Expert Contributor 13y Expert Contributor 13y Opinion LGA skills mismatch report is, to put it politely, inadequate The publication of the recent LGA report on a so-called ‘Skills Mismatch’ in further education is deeply disappointing. It… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion A traditional solution to an age-old problem No one should doubt Professor Alison Wolf’s words when in her review of 14-19 education she said that ‘English… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 233 Older