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Colleges must be ‘for a place’ and not just ‘of a place’ if they want to serve their community and the economy, writes Professor Martin Doel

The broad policy is agreed: Brexit demands a better skills base. But good ideas often fail when implementation is decided alone in a dark room, says Martin Doel

It’s great that ministers want to invest in ‘technical education’ – but I’m not sure they really know what it is

It can be tricky to define objectives when so much is uncertain, but a consistent direction of travel is vital to avoid mission drift

The government’s proposed overhaul of post-16 education could finally lead to recognition of the ‘absolutely critical importance of technical education’, according to the Association of Colleges’ chief executive