Opinion Five ways Michelle Donelan can grow degree apprenticeships without a cheque book Remove a ton of restrictions and stop focusing on 18-19-year-olds, writes Mandy Crawford-Lee In her recent evidence to the… Jess Staufenberg 3y Mandy Crawford-Lee 3y FE Week Podcast The FE Week Podcast: Industry and FE, tertiary sector reform and Lifelong Learning Week This week Shane is joined by Stephen Evans, chief executive at the Learning and Work Institute, and Lynette Leith,… Jess Staufenberg 3y The FE Week Podcast 3y Opinion Levelling up will only happen if maths and English improve The country is still not getting the basics right on literacy and numeracy, writes Fiona Aldridge Getting the basics… Jess Staufenberg 3y Fiona Aldridge 3y Opinion We are at a critical juncture on lifelong learning The lifelong education commission is calling for changes – including a rule that needs abolishing, writes David Latchman You… Jess Staufenberg 3y Professor David Latchman 3y Qualifications Scrapping BTECs is bad for levelling up and for BAME students It’s difficult to see how reducing choice at level 3 by scrapping BTECs will improve social mobility and diversity, writes Kasim Choudhry… Jess Staufenberg 3y Kasim Choudhry 3y The Staffroom – opinion I was a school refuser – I wish I’d known about FE Let’s hope today’s school refusers are told about college, because I wasn’t, writes Katy George Every week when Monday… Jess Staufenberg 3y Katy George 3y Opinion Three critical questions the National Skills Fund consultation should have asked The DfE mustn’t assume that ‘if we build it, they will come’, writes Emily Jones The government recently consulted… Jess Staufenberg 3y Emily Jones 3y Opinion As we emerge from the pandemic, student enrichment is needed more than ever To secure better funding for enrichment we need more robust evidence of its impact, writes Eddie Playfair Students’ experience… Jess Staufenberg 3y Eddie Playfair 3y FE Week Podcast The FE Week Podcast: Special educational needs provision, sustainability and the spending review This week Shane is joined by David Russell, chief executive at the Education and Training Foundation, and Fiona Aldridge,… Jess Staufenberg 3y The FE Week Podcast 3y Spending Review Spending review: You can’t spend rhetoric on classroom upgrades or staff pay awards A real skills revolution would not have been as ambiguous as last week’s Autumn Budget Fraser Whieldon 3y Shane Chowen 3y Spending Review The spending review only partly reverses historical cuts There was a distinct ‘Back to the Future’ feel to the spending review, writes Luke Sibieta This week’s spending… Jess Staufenberg 3y Luke Sibieta 3y The Staffroom – opinion FE’s educational ethos is being overshadowed by market logic The vocabulary of employability and finance is taking over, writes Zahid Naz In recent years there has been a… Jess Staufenberg 3y Zahid Naz 3y Newer 1 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 232 Older