Labour proposes skills tests for JSA claimants
Job seeker’s allowance claimants would be forced to sit a test to assess their need for a basic skills course in English, maths or IT…
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Preventing the young jobless becoming the young hopeless
It’s a new year; a time when we all reflect on ourselves and look at the improvements we can make in our lives. With this…
NIACE letter to Nick Clegg on BIS funding pressures
Dear Deputy Prime Minister Funding Pressures in BIS I am writing to express my concern that the Government appears to be considering significant new…
ETF calls for professional standards input
The education and training sector is being urged to help shape new professional standards aimed at raising the status and profile of teachers, trainers and…
Is this the stupidest thing FE has ever done?
Every year, at the end of summer, FE acts just like corporate lemmings and commits itself to the most stupid action possible. Before I explain…
Financial and Legal Skills Partnership expands virtual work experience programme
An innovate programme to give young people virtual work experience in the financial sector is being backed by the government to expand into legal services.…
Brathay Apprentice Challenge 2014 kicks off
More than 110 teams from British Airways to Boots Opticians have entered a contest to be crowned as apprentices of the year. Over 1000 apprentices…
FE in 2014: Plugging the IT skills gap
The IT skills gap in the UK is widening, this has created a problem for many UK businesses. A shortage of qualified IT technicians and…
Why colleges should strengthen home links
Jeremy Sheen, director of information at King Edward VI College, believes that the role parents play in supporting a young person through further education cannot…
Trailblazing further education conduit to business
Key skills remain in short supply among our young people. A recent Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) survey revealed that people in England…