Opinion Two strong appointments with Halfon and Wolf – but still no FE minister This week two powerful advocates of the further education sector were appointed to influential roles within Whitehall. On Monday,… Billy Camden 5y Nick Linford 5y Opinion Immigration, skills and the economy after Brexit – both government and employers are missing the point The government and business lobby groups need to get their act together when it comes to both immigration and… Billy Camden 5y JOHN COPE 5y Opinion A new approach to financial regulation and oversight in the sector Shortly after the scandal at Hadlow College Group was exposed, the government commissioned an independent review of college financial… Billy Camden 5y Chris Todd 5y Opinion Measuring impact fairly in the devolved areas The mayoral combined authorities are developing impact and performance measures to assess whether the adult education budget is having… Billy Camden 5y Harminder Matharu 5y Opinion Back our bid to host WorldSkills 2027 Show your support for the bid at FEWeek.co.uk/BackABid and on social media using #BackABid. This is the decade when… Billy Camden 5y Shane Mann 5y Opinion Where is Ofsted’s evidence that colleges are being dishonest over job prospects? Ofsted’s chief inspector, Amanda Spielman, used yesterday’s annual report speech to repeat her criticism first aired in 2018 that… Billy Camden 5y DAVID HUGHES 5y Opinion Time to get serious about developing governor capacity As the role of college governor grows, the need for more support grows too. Help is already at hand,… JL Dutaut 5y MARK WRIGHT 5y Opinion How colleges can recruit the community governors they need Becoming a college governor is an intimidating prospect, writes Mark Trinick. Recognising that is the first step to recruiting… JL Dutaut 5y MARK TRINICK 5y Opinion Preventing college and ITP failures is a matter of relationships If the sector’s reputation is ever to recover from the damage caused by college and ITP failures, the ESFA… JL Dutaut 5y TONY ALLEN 5y Opinion Apprenticeship take-ups suffer from pro-university data bias The Government’s continued failure to deliver on its own apprenticeship take-up target is, in part, a symptom of its… JL Dutaut 5y LAWRENCE BARTON 5y Opinion Radical college reform is inevitable. Let’s embrace it There is broad agreement that the FE sector needs radical reform, yet little consensus on the detail. But what… JL Dutaut 5y DR ANN LIMB, CBE DL 5y Opinion Improving teacher wellbeing requires commitment at all levels A range of factors have made FE a less happy place over the past decade. There are strategies we… JL Dutaut 5y KIRSTI LORD 5y Newer 1 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 232 Older
