Edition 111: David Kogan, Ruth Duston and Marcus Kingwell

Westminster Kingsway College has appointed business and regeneration expert Ruth Duston as its new governors’ chair. She takes up...

Apprenticeships first among Miliband’s goals for Labour in power

Apprenticeships will top a list of six goals to be outlined at the Labour conference by party leader Ed...

Manifesto Survey 2014

Improved technical education one of Labour’s top three campaign priorities – Hunt

Improving technical education is one of three key campaign priorities for Labour, Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt has announced....

Shadow Business Secretary Umunna offers apprenticeship investment pledge

Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna today told of his commitment to investment in apprenticeships and new technical degrees. In...

Governors urged to be ‘braver and trust your instincts’ over classroom quality

Governors should “be a bit braver” when challenging colleges on teaching and learning, according to former Department for Business,...

Bentley gears up for car launch with new training base

Bentley Motors has opened a manufacturing training base at South Cheshire College. The new training facility, which has two...

Making young women part of the skills ‘equation’

The number of young women considered not in education, employment or training (Neet) is 29 per cent higher than...

Stephen Wright, CEO, Federation of Awarding Bodies

Marketing a brick is no easy task. “It’s not one of those things where there’s more than meets the...