Setting out our priorities
On Tuesday 6 March we published a refined version of our emerging strategy for LSIS, setting out our three priorities for the sector for the…
Rob Wye
LSIS supports checklist to help FE sector provide HE courses
A checklist to assist further education colleges offering HE provision was launched earlier this month. The FE College/HE Institution Partnership Checklist has been developed by…
Celebrating the value of vocational courses
In January, Professor Alison Wolf’s 2011 Review of Vocational Education was in the media spotlight once more following the Department for Education’s response to her…
LSIS celebrates as one tenth of workforce are apprentices
A national organisation in the FE sector has announced this week that more than one tenth of its workforce is now made up of apprentices.…
Leadership for a world of freedoms… and austerity
January is the month when we reflect on the last year, consider what the coming year holds, and forecast for the years ahead. What has…
Building a world class FE and Skills system
Launching New Challenges, New Chances recently John Hayes made it clear that the document sets the course for FE and skills for the rest of…
Fewer school pupils starting colleges
There are fears that fewer students leaving school with low levels of qualifications are starting at colleges. Enrolment figures for this year show a drop…
Young people today
What a changing and challenging world our young people are facing! This was brought home in sharp focus recently after I spent a day interviewing…
LSIS CEO Rob Wye’s thoughts after the AoC conference announcements
We catch up with LSIS chief executive Rob Wye for an Association of Colleges annual conference overview, and hear how the sector can move forward…
LSIS announces new executive director
The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) has announced the appointment of Chris Cherry to its senior management team as executive director of strategy and…