Opinion New Skills for Life Alliance to tackle England’s adult basic skills deficitThe number of adults participating in literacy or numeracy learning has fallen 60 per cent since 2010, and urgent…Stephen Evans 3moStephen Evans 3moOpinion The picture on widening HE participation gets worse the closer you lookThe latest government data out today shows more people need to progress into levels 4 and 5, writes Nick…Jess Staufenberg 3moNick Hillman 3moOpinion The DfE doesn’t have answers around subcontracting and funding ITPsMinisters have got themselves into a subcontracting cul-de-sac, writes Aidan Relf The Department for Education’s recent webinar on its funding and…Jess Staufenberg 3moAidan Relf 3moOpinion Adult learners lose confidence when course funding is withdrawn last minuteAdult education providers need more clarity on whether a course will remain funded, writes Delrose Earle Having navigated the…Jess Staufenberg 3moDelrose Earle 3moOpinion There’s no point moaning about media coverage of FEIt’s October and we’re truly into the cycle of the new academic year. It’s now a steady march (and occasional…Jess Staufenberg 3moRuth Sparkes 3moOpinion Warm words from the Conservative Party conference must be matched with moneyThe Conservative Party Conference needed to show some real investment, writes David Hughes The rainstorms lashing through Manchester were…Jess Staufenberg 3moDavid Hughes 3mo FE Week Podcast The FE Week Podcast: The Tory Party Conference, Lords ‘Peer Review’ the Skills Bill and the future of assessmentIn this week’s episode, we’re joined by exams board guru Kirstie Donnelly and policy director Simon AshworthShane Mann 3moFE Week Podcast 3moOpinion Give us coherence, not competition, please chancellorEmployers are growing disillusioned as Kickstart, traineeships and apprenticeships all compete, writes Sharron Robbie The announcement on Monday by…Jess Staufenberg 3moSharron Robbie 3moOpinion Why aren’t the early careers of FE teachers given proper attention?Mentors who support trainees need much more investment, write Dan Williams and Kayte Haselgrove Here’s a quote for you…Jess Staufenberg 4moDan Williams and Kayte Haselgrove 4moOpinion Here’s what the HGV driver shortage tells us about the wider skills systemThe government gave away many of its levers for reacting quickly to a skills shortage, writes Julian Gravatt On…Jess Staufenberg 4moJulian Gravatt 4moOpinion Colleges owe it to their students to get involved with the Turing SchemeThere are some logistical challenges to an international placements scheme during the pandemic, but they’re solveable, writes Sam Parrett…Jess Staufenberg 4moSam Parrett 4moOpinion Don’t scrap BTECs. Raise the rate. Leave us alone.Here is a 16-19 manifesto in nine words. Follow it, and ministers can’t go wrong, writes James Kewin It…Jess Staufenberg 4moJames Kewin 4moNewer1234567891011163Older
