Opinion The challenges facing 2021 exam grades are very different to 2020 Ofqual and the Department for Education didn’t want to make this decision around exam grades, and now face a… Jess Staufenberg 4y Tom Bewick 4y Opinion The government made BTEC students like me feel we didn’t matter BTEC students have been put on an exams rollercoaster since the start of this term, writes Fatma Shami Just… Jess Staufenberg 4y Fatma Shami 4y Opinion Ofqual must urgently allow teacher assessed grades for apprentices All the stops on teacher assessed grades are being pulled out for GCSEs and A-levels, but yet again apprentices… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jane Hickie 4y AEB AEB procurement at a time of reform – what we now know The nationally procured adult education budget contracts with the Education and Skills Funding Agency come to an end in… Nick Linford 4y NICK LINFORD 4y Opinion Here is a 7-point checklist to make sure the impending FE White Paper doesn’t fail If the long-anticipated White Paper doesn’t recognise the needs of 2021, then it will fail like so many initiatives… Jess Staufenberg 4y Mark Dawe and Tim Blackman 4y Opinion, Uncategorized We must steady the ship after the government’s half U-turn After a week at sea like no other, the next big challenge is teacher-assessed grades, writes David Hughes This… Jess Staufenberg 4y David Hughes 4y Opinion Wishing you a healthy, merry Christmas and better times ahead Jennifer Coupland reflects on the challenges of 2020 and looks ahead to what the new year will hold for… Billy Camden 5y Jennifer Coupland 5y Opinion Ministers have once again proven that FE is an afterthought for this government Mind the gap! Warm words from ministers on skills can’t conceal the gulf between rhetoric and reality, writes Toby… Billy Camden 5y Toby Perkins 5y Opinion, Uncategorized Thank you to everyone in FE for your extraordinary efforts Virtual visits during lockdown have revealed many excellent practices to tackle Covid-19 in colleges, writes Gillian Keegan There has… Jess Staufenberg 5y Gillian Keegan 5y Opinion Why urgent support is needed to address UK skills deficit New incentives are needed for businesses to train their employees for a post-Covid world, writes Guglielmo Ventura With the… Billy Camden 5y Guglielmo Ventura 5y Opinion Staff must share their new resources with the whole sector We need to identify and pool the ‘gems’ that staff have drummed up under lockdown, writes Linsey Taylor Prior… Jess Staufenberg 5y Linsey Taylor 5y Opinion Decade-long projects can truly make changes for BAME staff and learners Funding projects with long-term goals have a better chance of improving diversity and inclusion, writes Janet Curtis-Broni As we… Jess Staufenberg 5y Janet Curtis-Broni 5y Newer 1 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 239 Older