Adult education, Politics

Adult literacy must be top of the new PM’s despatch box

Changes in government policy and funding in the last decade have reversed previous positive trends, writes Robert Glick We…

Jess Staufenberg
Robert Glick
Skills reform

The funding consultation doesn’t tackle our biggest challenges – but there’s hope

FE desperately needs simplified funding lines but this consultation must go further, writes Marguerite Hogg It didn’t seem like…

Jess Staufenberg
Marguerite Hogg
Ofqual

The future is digital – but not exclusively so

Technology will help us improve assessment for certain courses and groups of pupils, writes Jo Saxton, but we won’t…

Jess Staufenberg
Jo Saxton
Assessment

A one-size-fits-all approach to assessment undermines equity and diversity

We need assessment settings and systems that give students what they need based on a careful and methodical attention…

Jess Staufenberg
Jeff Greenidge
Opinion

Tony Blair is out of touch – does Labour still not ‘get’ skills?

Dame Ann Limb has her say on the former prime minister’s call to scrap GCSEs and A-levels

FE Week Reporter
Dame Ann Limb
Opinion

So it’s GCSE results day – but where are BTEC results?

As thousands of students celebrate results today, another cohort feel forgotten – and not for the first time, writes…

Jess Staufenberg
Alice Barnard


Opinion

We are working with a fraction of the prisoners we could be

The next prime minister must take radical action on prison education as evidence shows education providers face multiple barriers,…

Jess Staufenberg
Peter Brammall
Exams, Results 2022

Students deserve to see accountability over delayed results

Awarding organisations, education institutions and the exams regulator should be open and honest about what’s led to delayed qualification…

Shane Chowen
Bernie Savage
Results 2022, T Levels

The first T Level results mark a milestone in level 3 qualification reform

Yesterday’s T Level results show the new qualification is off to a fine start, writes Jennifer Coupland, CEO of…

Shane Chowen
Jennifer Coupland
Results 2022, T Levels

T Level results are welcome but need further scrutiny

Almost a third of T Level students did not receive their university offer which merits closer investigation, writes Lisa…

Jess Staufenberg
Lisa Morrison Coulthard
Results 2022

A-level results are no disaster – but the system is not out of the woods

The vast majority of young people who wanted to attend university now can – after that there are some…

Jess Staufenberg
Tom Richmond
Results 2022

Exams can’t close the attainment gap. We must address the underlying causes

Qualification reform is needed, but won’t be enough on its own to address issues of inclusion, diversity and equality

Shane Chowen
Michelle Meadows and Jo-Anne Baird