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Digging in to create care home sensory garden

A Walsall College graduate who recently launched his own landscaping business helped create a sensory garden for elderly care...

‘Measure job outcomes as success — not just qualifications’ says UKCES

Success in the FE and skills sector should be measured by job outcomes and not just qualifications, the UK...

Leps Network chair warns of closure after over-worked chief executive resigns amid lack of resources

The organisation that oversees the work of Local Enterprise Partnerships (Leps) is in crisis following the resignation of its...

Delay with finding new London Olass provider

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) quest for a college to take on London’s £17m prison education contract is to...

Neet numbers down on-quarter and on-year

The number of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) has fallen on-quarter and on-year. Figures for...

Cable warns principals of bleak funding future

Money for FE “will be scarce”, no matter who wins the general election, Business Secretary Vince Cable has warned....

Sector welcomes alignment plans for traineeships

Government moves to align traineeship rules for 16 to 18 and 19 to 24-year-olds have been welcomed by the...

A presidential view of the AoC manifesto

The pre-general election AoC manifesto makes a number of requests to the next Government. Richard Atkins outlines the key...