Opinion Why colleges should be allowed to be creative to meet local needs The chances of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) agreeing to 50 per cent flexibility in adult skills budgets were… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion At last, a report written by people who understand FE The clear recommendations of the Lingfield report reflect the complexity of the sector, says Lynne Sedgmore, executive director at… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion How leading-edge practice can entice the policymakers Look at what is happening on the ground if you want to understand the way that things are moving,… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Warwickshire plans for a rosy future in China A shared bottle of wine can lead to many things – including the first UK-backed FE college in China…. FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion We face challenges, but it’s not all gloom Speakers at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers’ (AELP) autumn conference in Leeds addressed a number of issues,… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Training providers exploited and undervalued Last week Peter Cobrin’s article on the FE Week website highlighted that all was not well in the world… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Stop, start, sideways; that’s how adults learn The jobs market of the future will be unrecognisable to most of today’s workers — education needs to grasp… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Our future depends on how we teach FE learners New FE proposals on teacher training have been formulated by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) and are… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Recruitment integrity call for functional skills regime With functional skills now in place, providers should be taking the opportunity to make sure they are recruiting with… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Lies, damned lies, and UKBA statistics Professor Daniel Khan OBE, chief executive of Open College Network (OCN) London, reacts to UKBorder Agency (UKBA) criticism of… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion What’s to show for tech cash? The benefits of new technology are not being fully felt at colleges across the country, prompting former Barnsley college… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion The truth behind the 16-18 apprenticeship problem Falling apprenticeship numbers among 16 to 18-year-olds have come as no surprise to Peter Cobrin, from Apprenticeships England, who… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 239 Older