Skills reform

DfE expanding FE teacher recruitment programme with £3m tender

Suppliers are being sought to bring as many as 4,000 teachers into the further education sector by 2025, as...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Skills reform

Now is FE’s chance to deliver higher technical education

The FE white paper gives colleges the chance to become high-level providers of technical education as in other countries,...

Jess Staufenberg
Ewart Keep
Skills reform

Why was student wellbeing not in the white paper?

Student wellbeing is as important as financial management and the curriculum, says Nathalie Richards. She outlines seven support strategies...

Jess Staufenberg
Nathalie Richards
Skills reform

It’s risky business to have an employer-dominated skills system

The Department for Education must put more faith in local leaders rather than employers if it wants the skills...

Jess Staufenberg
Andy Norman
Skills reform

Sector gives FE white paper the thumbs up

The FE white paper has been given a warm welcome by sector leaders and FE Week readers, with almost...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Skills reform

White paper Q&A with skills minister: ‘We have got an awful lot to do and an awful lot to prove’

The lack of a long-term funding settlement for FE did not hamper the Department for Education’s white paper in...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills reform

FE white paper: The key reforms

The FE white paper included more than 30 proposals but the majority repeat or build on current reforms rather...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills reform

FE white paper sets out ‘ambitious’ reforms

“New powers” for the education secretary to intervene in colleges and plans for funding reform have been revealed today...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills reform

Here are 4 things the FE White Paper missed out

Verdict on the White Paper? Fine start but requires improvement, writes Stephen Evans “We must put employers’ needs for...

Jess Staufenberg
Stephen Evans