End of the 9 to 5
I have been in the FE sector for the best part of 25 years. Through this period we have adopted jargon to reflect the key…
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Ofsted to manage inspectors in-house
Ofsted has said it will manage all FE and school inspectors in-house from September 2015 to give it more control over their selection, training and…
Are we really making the grade?
Stuart Wesselby, principal of Tresham College of Further and Higher Education, discusses the need to focus tutor performance assessments on sharing best practice and continuous…
The CETTs’ secret of success: networks, collaboration and a different kind of MEP
Networking and collaboration are vital to teachers’ continuous professional development, which is part of the reason why the Centres for Excellence in Teacher Training have…
Generating more professionalism across the sector
The Foundation’s job is to get behind professionals in the FE and training system and support you in providing an excellent service to learners and…
Skills investment must accompany jobs rise, warns CIPD
The jobs market continues to go from strength to strength but more investment in skills is needed to drive productivity and pay growth, according to…
Work-related learning – a language lost in translation
Stephen Carrick-Davies, a presenter at this week’s Youth Employment Convention, explains how the Facework project is helping young people understand what the world of work…
First steps to digital enlightenment for non-natives
All businesses have to utilise technology in order to survive. The expectation that an employee must be able to use and utilise technology is as…
We need to be the entrepreneurs, not just train them
Stuart Wesselby, principal of Tresham College of Further and Higher Education, discusses the effects of the funding squeeze on the FE sector and the need…
Funding reforms could stunt Apprenticeship growth, warns AELP
Proposed funding reforms will likely cut Apprenticeship opportunities for young people during the next Parliament, a leading trade body has warned. The government has been…