Skills reform I fear today’s FE White Paper is the worst of both worlds Neither political capital or actual capital are backing up today’s FE White Paper, writes Jonathan Simons In 2009, while… Jess Staufenberg 5y Jonathan Simons 5y Skills reform Never in 37 years have I seen colleges in the limelight like this White Paper This White Paper is the first glimpse of where further education could be heading – for the better –… Jess Staufenberg 5y Sally Dicketts 5y 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 5y Tom Bewick 5y 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 5y Fatma Shami 5y 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 5y Jane Hickie 5y Adult education 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 5y NICK LINFORD 5y 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 5y Mark Dawe and Tim Blackman 5y 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 5y David Hughes 5y 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 Newer 1 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 247 Older
