Helping colleges improve
This autumn, the early findings of the revised version of How Colleges Improve were made public at a LSIS event in Birmingham. In 2008 the original…
Rob Wye
FE sector given opportunity to shape teaching qualifications
The government called on FE teachers, trainers and their employers for ideas to help streamline teaching qualifications in a proposal document being launched today. Its…
Supporting the next generation of teachers in our sector
In March John Hayes, the Skills Minister, issued a written statement about fee awards for FE initial teacher training. In the statement, he announced that…
Supporting the Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning
This month saw the launch of the Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning, chaired by Frank McLoughlin, Principal of City and Islington College. The…
LSIS: FE teacher training given full support with help on fees
The Learning Skills and Improvement Service (LSIS) has confirmed the establishment of a brand new initiative, which contributes funding to the costly and rising fees…
Why providers should engage LSIS
Rob Wye, chief executive of the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), discusses how his organisation can benefit training providers that engage with it. …
Making an impact on the sector
In May LSIS received the results of an internal audit which was conducted to establish the impact we are having on the sector. What was…
Continuing our focus on learning
In March, I wrote in FE News about our outlined strategy and priorities that we had refined in response to the current climate in the…
Skills Commission inquiry into specialisation
On 19 March the Skills Commission opened its inquiry into quality and specialisation in public and private further education. The inquiry is sponsored by LSIS…
LSIS Annual Governance Conference round-up
At our recent Annual Governance Conference, I gave delegates a message they may not have been expecting; despite all the change that is taking place…