Government to cut 5,000 ‘low value’ adult courses
Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has announced plans to streamline the adult skills system by cutting funding to more than 5,000 “low value” qualifications. The government…
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£16 billion market attracts private providers to education and training sector
The education sector is one of the major beneficiaries of government expenditure globally and the third largest area of government spending in the UK. Structural…
Greene King to recruit more than 2,000 apprentices
Pub retailer and brewer Greene King has vowed to recruit more than 2,000 apprentices over the next 12 months as it expands the qualifications on…
VQ Day 2014 has launched!
In February, a study commissioned by The Edge Foundation revealed that many young people are being actively discouraged from opting for a vocational pathway. For…
Signs of the times for learning theories
Ground-breaking videoed and signed materials for deaf teacher trainees have been developed at the City Literary Institute in London by specialist teacher educators, interpreters and…
Code of conduct; how the Innovation Code could be the saviour of the skills gap
The skills gap is a well-established, and well-documented headache for the UK Government. Indeed as the recovery of the economy has begun to gain traction…
Bursaries for teaching FE maths: a misplaced incentive?
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) recently announced that they will be offering a £7500 bonus for graduates who teach maths at a…
Overcoming college funding issues without insanity
I recently conducted a survey of principals to find out what issues were currently high on their agendas, what was keeping them awake at night.…
FE reacts to Skills Funding Statement
The government set out plans yesterday for funding over the next two years with its Skills Funding Statement. The plans include reducing the adult skills…
To print or not to print?
Many a marketing manager would have had a conversation with their principal or finance director about the cost of prospectus printing, and whether or not…