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 4y Fiona Aldridge 4y 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 4y Professor David Latchman 4y 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 4y Kasim Choudhry 4y 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 4y Katy George 4y 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 4y Emily Jones 4y 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 4y Eddie Playfair 4y 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 4y The FE Week Podcast 4y 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 4y Shane Chowen 4y 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 4y Luke Sibieta 4y 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 4y Zahid Naz 4y Opinion Five urgent tips for the DfE on adult education There are far too many barriers for the unemployed and low paid to get into learning, writes Chris Morgan… Jess Staufenberg 4y Chris Morgan 4y Opinion Double the cash incentives so more young people do apprenticeships Since apprenticeship reforms, providers have had to front up more of the costs, writes Jane Hickie The pandemic has… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jane Hickie 4y Newer 1 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 233 Older
