Audits clear A4e of fraud
Welfare-to-work firm A4e has announced that it has been cleared of fraud under audits undertaken by the Department of Work...
269 employers bid for £250m vocational training pilot
A £250m government pilot set up to help businesses design and develop their own vocational training programmes has received...
Further Education recruitment tips
Have you seen those jobs that appear regularly in the Sunday Times looking for a Chief Executive or Director? As...
India’s educational sector widens the field for UK based FE providers
The burgeoning landscape of India’s educational field has received a welcome boost in interest with the new Foreign Educational Institutions...
Third of adults have not participated in learning since leaving full-time education, says survey
More than one-third of adults have not participated in learning since leaving full-time education, a survey has revealed.
The annual survey...
Tougher apprenticeships will signal an end for Britain’s ‘conveyor belt’ of skills
The Government’s announcement to lengthen the duration of apprenticeships will help to ensure better quality workers which is vital for...
Wales offers £3k to encourage more student teachers to work in FE
The Welsh government is offering student teachers grants of up to £3,000 for the 2012/13 academic year to encourage more...
LSIS announces 5 new board trustees
The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) has unveiled the next five trustees who will join its 12-strong board for...
Young people view links to employers as the key to their career success
Of all of the challenges our country faces, the number of unemployed young people will cause the most long-term damage. ...
The potential for economic growth ‘shackled’ by a deficit in leadership and management skills
A new startling statistic, if not an entirely surprising fact, reveals just 58 percent of employees are satisfied with their...
Nearly 10,000 attain QTLS status, says IfL
Nearly 10,000 teachers and trainers in the FE and skills sector have attained Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) status,...
Approaches to change
Last month I wrote about Wisdom Councils and today I want to carry on talking a bit about why participative...
£270m wasted recruiting for 'hard-to-fill' jobs
A report published by online education service LearnDirect has shown that approximately £270 million is wasted a year as companies...
ATL criticises performance-related pay recommendations
Plans being considered by ministers to forge stronger links between pay and classroom performance have been strongly criticised by the...
Find out how you can address student plagiarism
Plagiarism is a growing concern in all areas of education, and further education institutions have a responsibility to ensure students...
Maggie Galliers appointed AoC President
A life-long champion of Further Education, Maggie Galliers CBE, will hope to promote the sector further after becoming President-Elect of...
459 Havering College students given unforgettable Olympic gift
Precisely 459 students from Havering College of Further and Higher Education have been selected to attend the Olympic Games for...
What’s top of your agenda?
The pace of the challenges and changes in further education just doesn’t let up. With a new academic year only...
ALT and AoC join forces to run a one day conference about large scale curriculum redesign
From the demand for new models of curriculum delivery to better methods of management and coping with organisational change –...
Safeguarding the quality of Apprenticeship growth
Since a huge leap in Apprenticeship starts during 2010/11, we have seen enthusiasm for growth reined in by debate over...
