FE Week Podcast The FE Week Podcast: Industry and FE, tertiary sector reform and Lifelong Learning WeekThis week Shane is joined by Stephen Evans, chief executive at the Learning and Work Institute, and Lynette Leith,…Jess Staufenberg 2moThe FE Week Podcast 2moOpinion Levelling up will only happen if maths and English improveThe country is still not getting the basics right on literacy and numeracy, writes Fiona Aldridge Getting the basics…Jess Staufenberg 2moFiona Aldridge 2moOpinion We are at a critical juncture on lifelong learningThe lifelong education commission is calling for changes – including a rule that needs abolishing, writes David Latchman You…Jess Staufenberg 2moProfessor David Latchman 2moBTECs Scrapping BTECs is bad for levelling up and for BAME studentsIt’s difficult to see how reducing choice at level 3 by scrapping BTECs will improve social mobility and diversity, writes Kasim Choudhry…Jess Staufenberg 2moKasim Choudhry 2moStaffroom – Opinion I was a school refuser – I wish I’d known about FELet’s hope today’s school refusers are told about college, because I wasn’t, writes Katy George Every week when Monday…Jess Staufenberg 2moKaty George 2moOpinion Three critical questions the National Skills Fund consultation should have askedThe DfE mustn’t assume that ‘if we build it, they will come’, writes Emily Jones The government recently consulted…Jess Staufenberg 2moEmily Jones 2mo Opinion As we emerge from the pandemic, student enrichment is needed more than everTo secure better funding for enrichment we need more robust evidence of its impact, writes Eddie Playfair Students’ experience…Jess Staufenberg 3moEddie Playfair 3moFE Week Podcast The FE Week Podcast: Special educational needs provision, sustainability and the spending reviewThis week Shane is joined by David Russell, chief executive at the Education and Training Foundation, and Fiona Aldridge,…Jess Staufenberg 3moThe FE Week Podcast 3moSpending Review Spending review: You can’t spend rhetoric on classroom upgrades or staff pay awardsA real skills revolution would not have been as ambiguous as last week’s Autumn BudgetFraser Whieldon 3moShane Chowen 3moSpending Review The spending review only partly reverses historical cutsThere was a distinct ‘Back to the Future’ feel to the spending review, writes Luke Sibieta This week’s spending…Jess Staufenberg 3moLuke Sibieta 3moStaffroom – Opinion FE’s educational ethos is being overshadowed by market logicThe vocabulary of employability and finance is taking over, writes Zahid Naz In recent years there has been a…Jess Staufenberg 3moZahid Naz 3moOpinion Five urgent tips for the DfE on adult educationThere are far too many barriers for the unemployed and low paid to get into learning, writes Chris Morgan…Jess Staufenberg 3moChris Morgan 3moNewer123456789163Older
