A call for less bureaucracy in Further and Higher Education
With a general election coming up we are sure to hear a lot of debate about tuition fees and how we finance education in this…
Dr Paul Phillips CBE
Advancing the skills agenda for the South West
The working of the Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP), Councils and Colleges all came to the forefront this week as Weston College attempted to put a…
The salami is now disintegrating!
Avid readers of this website will have heard me say in the past that in terms of cuts to the FE sector, we can’t cut…
Hold Offender Learning to account
Offender Learning is a crucial necessity in today’s society in that it provides a lifeline – the chance for offenders to gain valuable qualifications that…
Time to prioritise Further Education
Further Education is facing unprecedented challenges to delivery of its skills agenda at present. The issue of how to fund adult apprenticeships is still unclear…
A term of change
As we approach Christmas it is time to look back on a term of change. The advent of adult learner loans, the tighter mechanisms in…
Back to reality and dealing with the challenges
Well the honeymoon period is definitely over and it is time to face both the challenges and opportunities of the academic year. The agenda does…
You can only slice the salami so thin!
Government agendas continue to drive down the costs of education and this year we have all started to see the effects of Government change. In…
Interference at all levels
The Skills agenda is perhaps the greatest challenge and opportunity for the educational sector; combine this with the potential of local enterprise partnerships and you…
Targets, Targets and Targets
Anyone who has read the dreadful analysis of the NHS in Stafford will have been shocked by the standards of care or, more accurately, lack…