Skills Minister Matthew Hancock on Chartered Status colleges
Skills Minister Matthew Hancock discusses plans for a new Chartered Status for excellent colleges. The Minister explains the reasoning behind the plans, and the differences…
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NEF announces Innovisions 2012 conference
The New Engineering Foundation (NEF) charity has announced plans to hold a conference in December on achieving and maintaining innovative cultures and practices. According to…
Uptake of STEM at FE – challenges and opportunities
The latest Association of Colleges enrolment survey contains some interesting information that provides a mixed picture of recruitment to STEM courses. On the whole, it…
Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers List 2012 announced
The top one hundred apprentice employers were honoured during a ceremony in Birmingham on Wednesday night. Organisations ranging from Rolls Royce to BT joined the…
£1.1 million funding to teach entrepreneurship in FE
A new government initiative aims to bring the business of entrepreneurship and enterprise to UK universities and colleges with £1.1 million backing from the Department…
Mind the (careers advice) gap
As the country celebrates Colleges Week 2012, Working Links’ Stephen Evans explains why young people are crying out for help navigating the job market. Colleges…
Working together to showcase our skills
Ahead of the 2012 SKillELECTRIC competition, Iain Macdonald, chief executive of the competition’s main sponsors, National Electrotechnical Training (NET), discusses the importance of collaboration between…
Prime contractors attacked for ‘outrageous fees’
Smaller training providers gave prolonged applause to Robust Training CEO Roger Lynch as his rousing speech ended AELP’s annual conference earlier this year. In a no-holds-barred address,…
The Work Programme to reveal results of crucial first year
The government’s Work Programme, designed to reduce unemployment and welfare payments, is set to publish the results of its first year later this month. Official…
Ofqual crackdown on A Level resits
Students starting their AS and A Level exams next September will only be able to sit exams in the summer under Ofqual’s crackdown on resits.…