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 13y FE Week Reporter 13y 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 13y Mick Fletcher 13y 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 13y FE Week Reporter 13y 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 13y FE Week Reporter 13y 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 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Staff pay should be left to the college to decide I am a big fan of the AoC and have always believed a mature sector must have a pan-college… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Subway apprenticeships give food for thought Subway has started offering intermediate apprenticeship places across a small number of stores in areas such as Tyne and… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Gazelle biting off more than they can chew? It’s obvious why the latest group to seek to ‘transform’ FE (mere ‘change’ is so last century) should want… Mick Fletcher 13y Mick Fletcher 13y Opinion What do we cut and what do we keep? What does it cost to open a 14-19 University Technical College? If you are Lord Baker, it’s upwards of… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Creating space for CPD that makes a difference Nobody stays at the level of expert teacher or trainer without continuing appropriate and focused professional development throughout their… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Are UK apprenticeships facing an identity crisis? Apprenticeships have long been regarded as a useful way to grow young talent with a mix of on-the-job training… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Opinion Are they trying to simplify funding or simplify FE? The latest announcement on simplifying funding, ‘A New Streamlined Funding System for Adult Skills’ represents a small step forward…. FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 238 Older