Opinion Employers must be at the heart of the vocational education system Over the last few years we’ve seen a lot of experimentation with England’s much maligned vocational education system. If… JL Dutaut 5y TRISTRAM HOOLEY 5y Opinion Colleges need certainty to deliver promise of social mobility Welsh college principal, Mark Jones has a few requests to put to the new prime minister, and some leadership… JL Dutaut 5y MARK JONES 5y Opinion Apprenticeships suffer too many unintended consequences It seems the three main political parties have fallen out of love with apprenticeships, writes Karen Redhead, and the… JL Dutaut 5y KAREN REDHEAD 5y Opinion The skills sector needs to remove its apprenticeship blinkers The skills sector is still stuck on seeing apprenticeships as a NEET policy rather than the industrial strategy policy… JL Dutaut 5y MANDY CRAWFORD-LEE 5y Opinion Edtech reforms that ignore FE’s ‘dual professionalism’ will make things worse Edtech can improve teaching, learning and assessment – and save time (but only if it’s done right), says Vikki… Expert Contributor 5y VIKKI LIOGIER 5y Opinion 50,000 more nurses? 3m apprenticeship target a lesson in how key Conservative manifesto ‘guarantees’ do not add up The Conservative Party manifesto, published yesterday, pledged “50,000 more nurses” as the first of six “guarantees”, signed on page… Billy Camden 5y Nick Linford 5y Opinion My 5 priorities for FE that should go first in the next education secretary’s in-tray Some issues have been hanging over the vocational sector for 40 years, says Ewart Keep. If we truly want… Expert Contributor 5y PROFESSOR EWART KEEP 5y Opinion Politicians are beginning to realise they can’t afford to ignore FE What would you tell the leaders of the major political parties about needed policy changes in further education? Tony… Expert Contributor 5y TONY LEWIN 5y Opinion Ofsted should explain in their reports why they come knocking just before a merger It is extremely rare to hear a college principal openly criticise Ofsted. So rare in fact, I felt it… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Nick Linford 5y Opinion Only localism can unlock the skills sector’s true potential With manifestos being furiously written and further and adult education in the spotlight, national policymakers could be missing an… JL Dutaut 5y ANNA ROUND 5y Opinion Adult education needs a vision to break the cycle of disadvantage A looming Brexit makes it easy to see why adult education is at the centre of election policy battleground,… JL Dutaut 5y SARAH WAITE 5y Opinion GE2019: Simplify the sector and put colleges at the heart of communities What would you tell the leaders of the major political parties about needed policy changes in further education? The… JL Dutaut 5y SHELAGH LEGRAVE 5y Newer 1 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 232 Older
