Tes FE: Recent Episodes
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The Tes FE team discuss the latest from the further education sector and welcomes a range of guests to hear their views on what has been going on in FE and skills.
Tes head of FE Julia Belgutay talks to apprenticeships and skills minister Gillian Keegan about this year's level 2 and 3 results, the governments qualification reform plans, T level and the way ahead for further education
In this week's podcast, the FE team discuss the latest House of Lords debate, and the importance of teaching life skills, as well as the college staff giving up their summer holidays to provide Covid catch-up support to students. West Midlands mayor Andy Street also features: he remembers Jack Cook, the economics teacher who changed his life. Tune in and enjoy.
In this week's FE podcast, Julia Belgutay and Kate Parker reflect on the first committee stage in the House of Lords of the new Skills and Post-16 Education Bill. They talk about Lord Baker's comments on the state of 11-16 education, and Lord Adonis' argument for the metro mayors to take control of the new local skills improvement plans. Tim Jackson, winner of the FE lifetime achievement award, also shares his secrets to outstanding leadership. Tune in and enjoy.
Join Julia Belgutay and Kate Parker as they reflect on the biggest stories in FE over the past two weeks. They hear from Scotland's new minister for further education, and discuss research revealed exclusively by Tes, looking at the barriers young people from the most disadvantaged background face when considering apprenticeships. The also reflect on this week's House of Lords debate on the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill.
Join Julia Belgutay and Kate Parker as they reflect on the biggest stories in FE over the past two weeks. They look ahead to the Tes FE Awards 2021, and ask: is mental fitness the answer to the mental health crisis in colleges? They also discuss the new £1,000 incentive for employers to take on T level placements, and the Association of Colleges' chief executive David Hughes pops by to talk about who most inspired him throughout his career. Tune in and enjoy.
In this week's FE podcast, Kate Parker and Julia Belgutay talk about what the https://d8admin.tes.com/news/queens-speech-what-it-said-about-fe-colleges-adult-education-and-training (Queen's speech means for further education )and the gap in pay between schools and FE. They are joined by former skills minister Anne Milton and Pearson's vice president for Btecs and apprenticeships, as they talk about the launch a new forum which will tackle the widening inequalities gap caused by Covid-19. The director of skills and productivity at the West Midlands Combined Authority, Julie Nugent, also joins the team to talk about adult education funding, and explain why WMCA has decided against increasing the threshold to 90 per cent as the government has done. They also discuss First Dates' https://twitter.com/fredsirieix1?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor (Fred Sirieix) comments on the skills crisis facing the hospitality industry. Tune in and enjoy.
In this week's podcast, the Tes FE team – https://d8admin.tes.com/author/julia-belgutay (Julia Belgutay) and https://d8admin.tes.com/author/kate-parker (Kate Parker) – talk about the fortnight's biggest stories. They listen back to an House of Commons exchange between skills and apprenticeships minister Gillian Keegan, and the shadow minister Toby Perkins on the adult education clawback, as well as discuss exclusive analysis on the colleges who have gone more than 10 years without an Ofsted inspection. They are also joined by Ruth Silver, former college principal and former president of Further Education Trust for Leadership (FETL), who reflects on leadership as FETL closes after eight years.
In this week's podcast, the Tes FE team Julia Belgutay and Kate Parker talk about the week's biggest stories. They are joined by Association of Colleges' chief executive David Hughes to discuss the research on lost learning and student progress, and the new chief executive of the Prisoners' Education Trust https://d8admin.tes.com/news/prison-education-justice-jon-collins-standing-prisoners-right-learn (Jon Collins) talks about the need for prisoners to have access to digital learning. They reflect on the success of the new FE heroes feature and hear from Sam Ross, a Down's syndrome campaigner on how to support students at college.
This week Julia Belgutay and Kate Parker reflect on the biggest stories in further education during March. They talk about the return to college and how testing is going, the gender imbalance in T levels, the 86,000 apprentices still waiting to complete their courses, and the crisis in leadership mental health. Tune in and enjoy
In this week's Tes FE podcast Julia Belgutay and Kate Parker are joined by the Education Policy Institute's senior researcher Sam Tuckett. Tuckett talks to the FE team about the research which found the less well-off students are the equivalent of three whole A-level grades behind their peers, and the interventions that should be put in place to tackle the gap. Tune in and enjoy.
Join the Tes FE team, Julia Belgutay and Kate Parker as they discuss and reflect on the biggest stories in further education during February. They look back to the Association of Colleges Conference and education secretary https://d8admin.tes.com/news/williamson-colleges-heart-covid-recovery (Gavin Williamson's speech) and the impact the pandemic has had on thehttps://d8admin.tes.com/news/exclusive-31k-college-staff-put-risk-redundancy ( number of staff being put at risk of redundancy) and then made redundant. They also reflect on this week's big stories: https://d8admin.tes.com/news/back-college-everything-you-need-know (the return to face-to-face teaching), and Ofqual's plans for https://d8admin.tes.com/news/exams-2021-ofqual-reveals-plan-btec-and-other-vtqs (exams and assessment in the summer. )
This week, Julia Belgutay and Kate Parker are joined by adult education provider WEA's chief executive Simon Parkinson to discuss the latest report on the impact of education on adults. They discuss how the WEA is supporting adults to up-skill and retrain, the rise in adult unemployment and how the government can support adult education providers. Tune in and enjoy.
This week, Julia Belgutay and Kate Parker are joined by Stuart Rimmer, principal of East Coast College and chair of the AOC's mental health and wellbeing policy group to discuss the latest report on student mental health. They discuss the student mental health crisis, the causes behind it and how colleges, policy makers and the Association of Colleges can tackle the problem and support students. Tune in and enjoy.
Join Julia Belgutay and Kate Parker for the last FE podcast of the year. This week, Julia and Kate share their favourite – or at least, most memorable – stories of 2020 including the https://d8admin.tes.com/news/labour-ney-review-exposes-dfes-shameful-record-fe (Ney Review), https://d8admin.tes.com/news/gcse-november-resits-right-move-wrong-time (GCSE November resits), andhttps://d8admin.tes.com/news/serious-concerns-over-t-level-work-placements ( T-level work placements), as well as https://d8admin.tes.com/news/first-scottish-college-joins-fe-food-bank-initiative (FE food bank Friday), https://d8admin.tes.com/news/meet-nursing-apprentice-nhs-front-line (nursing apprentices) being released to the front line andhttps://d8admin.tes.com/news/watch-how-teach-beauty-therapy-remotely ( how staff moved vocational learning online.) Tune in and enjoy.
In this week's Tes FE podcast, Julia Belgutay and Kate parker are joined by the NUS vice president for further eduction Salsabil Elmegri to discuss the predicted £2m overspend in 16-19 bursaries. Elmegri highlights the importance of the bursaries and urges the government to provide further financial support for students in need.
The Sixth Form College Association's deputy chief executive James Kewin joins Kate Parker and Julia Belgutay for this week's FE podcast. They discuss the need for a dedicated sixth-form college capital expansion fund, oversubscribed colleges and the increase in student numbers. Mr Kewin also shares his immediate concerns for sixth-forms, including the funding rate, exams in 2021 and the battle to stay open during lockdown.
In this week's Tes FE podcast, Julia Belgutay and Kate Parker are joined by Amanda Melton, chief executive and principal of Nelson and Colne College and commissioner on thehttps://d8admin.tes.com/news/commission-college-future-unveiled ( Independent Commission for the College of the Future). Nelson reflects on the commission's final report published earlier this week, discusses the importance of lifelong learning and adult education, and the looks ahead to the next steps for the commission.
This week, Julia Belgutay and Kate Parker are joined by Fiona Aldridge, director of policy and research at the Learning and Work Institute and Bob Harrison, former principal and chair of governors at Northern College. Both Aldridge and Harrison were judges for tonight's FE awards and they reflect on their categories, the standard of entries and the achievements of the FE sector. To watch the FE awards live tonight at 8pm, https://tesfeawards.co.uk/2020/en/page/home (please register here. )
Neil Bentley-Gockmann joins Julia Belgutay and Kate Parker for this week's Tes FE Podcast. The WorldSkills CEO talks about thehttps://d8admin.tes.com/news/worldskills-uk-live-two-day-event-take-place-online ( virtual skills show happening in November) and what participants can expect and the https://d8admin.tes.com/news/colleges-new-centre-excellence-revealed (newly announced centres of excellence. ) He also looks ahead tohttps://d8admin.tes.com/news/euroskills-graz-2021-team-uk-revealed ( EuroSkills Graz) in January and shares how skills competitions in a Covid safe environment will run.
Colleges in Scotland were reclassified as public bodies in 2013 - and with rumours that the FE white paper may consider the status of English colleges, Audrey Cumberford, principal of Edinburgh College, shares her experience. She explains how the running of colleges has been affected by their status, and why the timing of the ONS decision was so crucial in a Scottish context.
In the week colleges welcomed students and staff back for a new academic year, Loughborough College's principal and CEO Jo Maher joins Julia Belgutay and Kate Parker to talk about the new health and safety measures in place. The college campus may look very different with signs, one-way systems and hand-sanitiser stations, but Maher says she's more determined than ever that 2020-21 is a postive and successful year for students.
Following on from A level and GCSE results day, the University and Colleges Union's general secretary Jo Grady talks to Julia Belgutay and Kate Parker about the government's U-turn and the impact it had on FE staff and students. She also discusses the return to college in September and what college leaders need to do to keep staff and students safe.
Chair of the education select committee and former skills minister Robert Halfon joins Julia Belgutay and Kate Parker on the Tes FE podcast. Mr Halfon sets out his vision for the apprenticeship sector post-Covid, as well as the role of colleges in economic recovery.
Julia Belgutay and Kate Parker are joined by Association of Employer and Learning Providers chief executive Mark Dawe in his final weeks at the organisation to reflect on his time at AELP and discuss the future of the training providers.
On this episode of the Tes FE podcast: Julia Belgutay and Kate Parker are joined by Association of Colleges chief executive David Hughes to discuss Gavin Williamson's landmark speech on the future of FE and the chancellor’s summer statement.