Opinion

Shaping apprenticeships the Australian Group Training way

Before we look at shaping the future, I’d firstly like to look at the past by sharing some history…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Government could erode professionalism in FE

Like many practitioners and leaders in the further education and skills sector, I am extremely concerned that proposals recently…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Ofsted report highlights profound contradictions

For anyone who wishes to gain insight into profound contradictions underlying current government thinking on the curriculum, I can…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Why Barnfield College is seeking private investment

Barnfield College is considering seeking private equity investment and maximising the new FE financial freedoms to further enhance our…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

English and mathematics in apprenticeships

New Challenges, New Chances’ has made it clear that English and Mathematics remain key elements of the Apprenticeship Framework….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Apprenticeships and learning from the best

As the National Director of Learning and Skills it is my job to report back to Ofsted and government…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


Opinion

Making the point: international students in FE

Last month the National Audit Office (NAO) released a report on student immigration (‘Immigration: The Points Based System –…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

All change to Ofsted inspections in FE

Reflecting on the potential challenges facing colleges and providers as a result of changes in funding, I have given…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Would we notice if FE was fully privatised?

The recent decision by the Office of National Statistics to label colleges as being in the private sector doesn’t…

Mick Fletcher
Mick Fletcher
Opinion

Elmfield Training and the Morrisons’ apprenticeships

As the Managing Editor of FE Week, the publication which was first to highlight the tens of thousands of Morrisons’ adult…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

On the move again to promote adult literacy?

How do we listen to people who have quiet voices? As public funding of adult skills gets tighter and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Government must do more to tackle diversity problems

Recent evidence that unemployment rates among black 16 to 24-year-old men available for work have risen to 56 per…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter