Could you pass as an Employability Tutor?
It would be an unthinkable to entrust the education of our children to anyone who is not appropriately qualified. There are exacting qualifications requirements to…
Jim Carley
Area Reviews: Localism spin or substance?
Earlier this month the Government set out Waves 3, 4 and 5 for Area Reviews, taking the process through to the end of 2016 and…
The SFA’s subcontracting money pit
The subcontracting of learner volumes is becoming increasingly commonplace as colleges seek to grow their funding allocations. According to the most recent SFA list of…
Jobseeker classification and Work Programme Plus
Whilst DWP are keeping tight-lipped around the detail of the successor programme to the Work Programme until after November’s Comprehensive Spending Review, a few hints…
Denmark offers some radical solutions!
Amid all the challenges of the new academic year, there is one new responsibility likely to continue to sit slightly uneasily with college principals and…
OECD debates Skills, Apprenticeships and Devolution in Manchester
The OECD’s Programme on Local Economic and Employment Development, or LEED as it is better known, is perhaps not an initiative which is front and…