Opinion

Apprenticeships: a little bit of advice

It’s a mess.  Anyone who thinks the current or proposed system for providing information advice and guidance (IAG) to…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Apprenticeships are in need of innovation

The government’s commitment to promoting and funding more Apprenticeships has been welcomed by those who are working hard to…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

The empowering role of apprenticeships

Despite a lot of media coverage of apprenticeships in the last year, not enough has been heard from the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

How do we incentivise the employers?

The key word is already in Apprenticeships. We need to be doing more to ‘entice’ SMEs and other employers…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Safeguarding the definition of apprenticeships

The debate around apprenticeships over the last few months, which has now prompted a Commons select committee inquiry, was…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

A chance for change at Skills Funding Agency

The announcement of the retirement of the head of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and the head of the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


Opinion

Further Education: the heart of post 14 learning?

When Professor Wolf published her report in March 2011 she made a number of key recommendations that would crystallise…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

The meaning of freedom

Colleges and other providers are promised significant new freedoms by the coalition government in the way they are governed…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Reflecting on the departures of the ‘big guns’

Two big guns in the further education and skills sector this week announced plans to step down. The fact…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Finding the balance for working in partnership

Of the many challenges facing the FE Sector today, getting the right balance between working with private training providers…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Changing the funding formula for 16-19 learners

Following the closure of the 16-19 funding formula review consultation at the start of the month, FE Week asked…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Changing the funding formula for 16-19 learners

Following the closure of the 16-19 funding formula review consultation at the start of the month, FE Week asked…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter