The Policy Consortium’s Ian Nash contrasts the skills minister’s doubts about the future of the general FE college with the expert evidence in the new book ‘The coming for Age for FE?’. Sources within the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills are suggesting area …
Mick Fletcher’s analysis of the recent Skills Funding letter sets the background for policy developments from 2015 onwards. This article first appeared in FE Week. Bad news for adult learning but not good for SFA either Much of the response to …
More budget blues from a true blue budget? As George Osborne announces plans for another budget Mick Fletcher reflects on the implications for FE of the first budget 2015 and is not impressed. This article first appeared in FE Week. …
Policy Consortium member Ian Nash introduces the full report of the second Great FE & Skills Survey, undertaken by the Policy Consortium in conjunction with its media partner FE Week. The Coalition Government presided over cuts to further education which have proved …
In an extended and adapted version of a recent blog for the Campaign for Learning’s website, Mike Cooper considers just where 24+ Advanced Learning Loans are now, and may be heading. 24+ Advanced Learning (‘FE’) Loans have been around for …
FE Loans: Going Away? On Hold? Or, Just Biding Their Time? Read more »
Policy Consortium member Ian Nash considers the recent report from the Association of Colleges about cuts in funding for adults. Coalition Government policies for further education are increasingly being exposed as, at best, ill-considered. The latest to ring the alarm bell …
Austerity cuts sacrifice two ‘lost generations’ seeking adult education and training Read more »
Mike Cooper introduces the newest practical materials in its ‘Other Resources’ service, offered by the Policy Consortium to help providers in their everyday activities. Since May 2014, the Policy Consortium has posted a varied set of documents offered as free downloads under the ‘Other Resources’ …
‘SPaG’: helping FE staff and learners to cope with increased demands Read more »
Mick Fletcher of the Policy Consortium investigates the underlying messages behind one of the more unexpected proposals within the current BIS consultation about extending the scope of FE Loans. In the rush to get away at the end of term, FE people may have …
Mick Fletcher responds to the first funding announcement from the new Skills Minister, Nick Boles. This piece appeared originally in the ‘FE Experts’ section of ‘FE Week’ on 22nd July 2014. It was perhaps inevitable that the decision of the …
We’ve recently added a fresh category to our website: ‘Other resources’. This further section holds new kinds of materials that are unlike our more usual sort of comment and analysis articles, which give our perspectives on current news and issues. These different resources within the new menu can …
A new kind of support from the Policy Consortium Read more »