Why we are glad our son picked an apprenticeship and not university
Like most teenagers, our son Connor was not sure what career path he wanted to take. Wanting to find out more about his options, Connor…
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Making the most of loans’ strategies for providers
Last week the first real piece of further education loans publicity came across my desk–or more accurately my screen. Of course there have been many…
GPR at KEGS – two years on
Global Perspectives and Independent Research: it sounds like the sort of subject that can drain the will of even the strongest student, and leave their…
Funding pressures and inconsistencies threaten STEM provision
Funding pressures and inconsistencies are threatening FE colleges’ ability to equip learners with high quality STEM-related skills, according to a new report. The 157 Group…
New STEM College to open by 2014
A specialist college that is due to open in North Somerset has been heralded as ‘a new model of learning, after revealing its revolutionary approach…
AELP outlines plans for creating two million Apprenticeships
The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has published new proposals on how it believes two million Apprenticeship places can be generated. These proposals…
Unilever launches catering student programme
Consumer goods giant Unilever has launched a one-day training course to help lecturers deliver health and nutrition modules to catering students. The programme, an industry-first,…
Ed Miliband unveils FE proposals
Labour leader Ed Miliband has unveiled plans for a new technical baccalaureate for the 50% of young people who do not go to university. Addressing…
Employed adults twice as likely to participate in learning than those unemployed
Adults in employment are more than twice as likely to take up learning opportunities than those outside the workforce, according to a new survey. The…
Open for business
For a long time we in the Welfare to Work and Employability industry bemoaned that many of us seemed to have come to the industry…