Sajid Javid replaces Vince Cable as business secretary
Former Culture Secretary Sajid Javid has been appointed to replace Vince Cable as head of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Cable lost…
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Priti Patel becomes Employment Minister
Priti Patel has been appointed Minister of State for Employment at the Department for Work and Pensions. Although Iain Duncan Smith will continue to run…
Private sector vs the public sector – do they really differ?
In the UK there has always been the unshakable perception that the public and private sectors are very distinct from each other, that each requires…
FE responds to election results
The Conservatives have been voted into power in an election result that saw the leaders of Labour, the Liberal Democrats and UKIP stand down from…
Tutor Voices in FE
Attempts to professionalise the Further, Adult, Community Education and Skills (FACES) sector have too often adopted a deficit analysis, with an assumption that tutors are…
Opening Doors to employment with study programmes
In March Working Knowledge hosted the Opening Doors to employment with Study Programmes forum, sponsored by the Department for Education. The forum was an opportunity…
How will funding cuts impact on the future of adult education?
The cuts to funding for adult skills in 2015-16 have been widely documented in the last month, with the Association of Colleges (AoC) warning that…
Uncovering digital best practice
City & Guilds surveyed more than 100 operational staff in independent training providers and work-based learning units in FE colleges to uncover digital best practice.…
Lessons for Schools Direct from the success of college teacher education
Nearly two million people study in an FE college each year. In fact, more young people study in FE colleges than in school sixth forms and…
A world first
It has finally happened. For just about the first time anyone I have spoken to can remember Further Education Colleges got a mention in a…