The seven essential digital survival skills
Almost 12.6 million of the adult population lack basic digital skills and around 72 per cent of employers (in a report by the House of…
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Digital skills crisis? It’s not just about the economy
The UK is facing a digital skills crisis. We will need 1.2 million new technical and digitally skilled people by 2022 to meet rising demand from…
Age should not matter. How to address the worrying decline in mature learners
The numbers of mature part-time and full-time learners in higher education has declined by 61 per cent since 2010, according to recent research from the…
ACCESS TO HE CONFERENCE TO FOCUS ON BARRIERS TO RECRUITMENT, PROGRESSION AND SUCCESS
The annual Access to Higher Education conference, organised by the Access Validating Agency OCN London, will this year focus on the themes of recruitment, progression…
Shadow Minister for HE, FE and Skills to address conference on social mobility and access to higher education.
Gordon Marsden MP, Shadow Minister for HE, FE and Skills, will address delegates from colleges and universities at OCN London’s annual Access to Higher Education…
A levels are not the only route
This year around half a million students are entering higher education – a record number. But whilst the volume of students with A levels remains…
From lorry driver to student in bio-medical sciences #FEsavedME
BRADLEY MOON: From lorry driver to student in bio-medical sciences There are moments in life when someone gets a flash of inspiration that changes the course…
Access to HE conference will focus on improving social mobility and inclusion
25 August 2016 Access to HE conference will focus on improving social mobility and inclusion The theme of this year’s OCN London Access to HE…