Softening the blow of funding cuts with data
The FE Commissioner recently sent a letter addressed to All Chairs and Principals/CEOs of Corporations and FE Institutions, advising them on steps they should consider…
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Paul Warner discusses Universal Credit and Work Programme Plus
Paul Warner, director of employment and skills at AELP, discusses Universal Credit and Work Programme Plus at the group’s annual conference. One of the challenges…
Paul Warner discusses Universal Credit and Work Programme Plus
Paul Warner, director of employment and skills at AELP, discusses Universal Credit and Work Programme Plus at the group’s annual conference. One of the challenges…
UKTI’s Derrick Betts outlines international opportunities
Derrick Betts, sector specialist at UKTI Education, discusses how training providers and colleges can expand overseas. According to Betts, there are a lot of opportunities…
The Assessor recruitment challenge to deliver 3 million Apprenticeships
Kimberley Pascoe, operations director at recruitment firm Alderwood, discusses the obstacles that providers must overcome to deliver three million more Apprenticeships. According to Pascoe, there…
How can FE colleges keep up with student expectations for learning resources?
Chancellor George Osbourne’s announcement that the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills will make an extra £450 million in savings…
General FE College model under review
The government is reviewing the General FE College model as it looks to cut costs while investing more to create three million Apprenticeships, according to…
Thinking of a career in sales when leaving education?
A career in sales in the past was never seen as an actual vocational choice, most salespeople just seemed to fall into the role, normally…
Adult education for our grandchildren
We have just had Adult Learners Week, and inspiring it has been too. A piece of my past education history surfaced in an unexpected way…
GCSE Maths and English and the negative impact this can have on lower ability learners
Jonathan Wells, Ofqual External Expert in Assessment and a director of ForSkills, the UK’s leading provider of diagnostics and e-learning resources for English, maths and…