global skills competitions in which we have participated over recent years. Most recently, UK performance at WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017 and EuroSkills Budapest 2018 were hallmarked by high calibre medal…
17.31 Jan. 22nd, 2019 | Opinion
along with its counterparts in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It calls for a “radical re-think” of skills policy and investment, based on two priorities: raising the skills “baseline” to…
0.01 Jan. 22nd, 2019 | News
…learners who achieved vocational and functional skills qualifications in 2017/18; achievement is now high in many subjects,” it said. But there are numerous other issues at the provider, according to…
18.30 Jan. 16th, 2019 | News
…accurately identifying weaknesses in certain courses or improving the English skills of those with a different first language, while too many adult learners complete functional skills qualifications at “too low…
16.52 Jan. 11th, 2019 | News
…structured way to engage on skills policy Employers’ attitudes towards skills present huge challenges for the government’s ambitions on skills. Since 2010 policy has encouraged employers and individuals to invest…
5.00 Jan. 15th, 2019 | Opinion
The skills minister has vowed to “dig deeper” into the drop in level two apprenticeships, and whether it might be linked to the rise in management courses. Anne Milton was…
12.00 Jan. 11th, 2019 | News
2019 is set to be a big year for the FE and skills sector. While it’s still not clear what impact the biggest event of the year – Brexit –…
11.02 Jan. 11th, 2019 | News
…be the UK’s “most popular eLearning solution for functional skills and GCSE”, moving its headquarters to Chandigarh. Dame Asha didn’t visit India using her corporate card in 2016/17 or 2017/18,…
7.00 Jan. 11th, 2019 | News
Blackpool and the Fylde College. Who got what in FE and skills: CBE Lynsi Hayward-Smith, trustee, ETF – for services to FE OBE Dr Neil Bentley, chief executive, WorldSkills UK…
22.30 Dec. 28th, 2018 | News
…safe”. The report also said the proportion of learners who remain on their programme is “too low”, and said over half the learners studying functional skills English have withdrawn from…
18.15 Dec. 12th, 2018 | News
…people should have the choice to do functional skills instead, but ministers can’t expect good provision, often undertaken one-to-one in the workplace, to continue at half the classroom funding rate….
15.56 Dec. 4th, 2018 | Opinion