English And Maths – Opportunity Or Threat?
The recent announcement that the English and maths agenda is here to stay for the time being is no surprise. Recently I had the…
Dr Paul Phillips CBE
Something Is Rotten In The State Of Denmark
Are you suffering apprenticeship meltdown? The world of apprenticeships is one that is getting bigger and more mysterious by the minute. If we look back…
We Cannot Be All Things To All People
Further education is now a mixed economy in terms of creating a sustainable plan for future skills development and corresponding delivery. Our work encompasses traditional…
Our Emergency
On BBC2 recently there was the start of a documentary that followed the life of surgeons and patients in a busy hospital. I caught up…
Impact, Impact And Impact
As I write this article there are only 5 weeks left until Christmas. One can hardly believe it is the end of another term, and…
Change is inevitable…
I have just returned to Weston College after a spell in hospital following an operation… I found it useful to observe the politics of the…
Time to turn the clock backwards?
Just over a week ago I went into hospital for a minor operation under a general anaesthetic. What I woke up to was the re-emergence…
Realities, realities, realities
It is A Level results day and the College is almost full. Staff in Further Education since incorporation have moved to the agenda of becoming…
Stability is everything
A new Prime Minister, an exit from Europe, Area Review, devolution and a new Head of Ofsted. One wonders if the above parameters will gel…
Time to reflect
Another academic year advances and looking back over last year I am to some extent pleased from a student success perspective but worried from a…