Opinion Skills provision for the unemployed Skills provision for unemployed adults has never been more important. Skills allow people to escape the low pay, no… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion New apprenticeships are flying high When Vince Cable and John Hayes announced the second list of successful higher apprenticeship bids last week, everyone should… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion FE loans must work for disadvantaged learners We are all acutely aware of how tough things are economically and therefore appreciate that Government spending must go… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Barclays: Banking on young talent Launching an apprenticeship programme is a big challenge for any private sector organisation. At Barclays, we set an ambitious… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion A potential opportunity for work based learning There is no doubt that the government’s introduction of Raising the Participation Age (RPA) to age 18 will present… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Privatise FE: Dynamite or damp squib? There has been much debate in the education press about the implications for further education colleges of the new… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion It’s a disaster for workplace learning I am a huge advocate of Functional Skills. I believe it represents our best chance in a decade to… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Guest reporter Shane Chowen heads to Switzerland On the 18-21 June I’m taking a four day break from being Policy Officer for IfL, and will be… Shane Chowen 13y Shane Chowen 13y Opinion A diverse HE landscape The government’s white paper Students at the heart of the system envisages a broader, more responsive higher education landscape… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion UTCs – a revolution in technical education This week the government approved a further 15 University Technical Colleges (UTCs). This raises the total number of projects… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Data management – abuse or inadequacy? The recent FE Week headline about the leaked Tenon report once again brings to the fore accusations of manipulating… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Ofsted inspections – why are the grades dropping? The decrease in colleges’ Ofsted grades has been well documented in FE Week. In 2009-2010, about a quarter of… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 232 Older
