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The former head of funding policy at the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has been temporarily contracted to the Skills Funding Agency. John Bolt, who led the development of the current funding methodologies before leaving the Council, has been seconded to the Agency (which replaced the LSC in April 2010) by his current employer KPMG, […]

Youth unemployment has again increased to a new high since records began in 1992, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The number of unemployed people aged between 16 and 24 increased by 52,000 during the last three months, hitting a staggering 1.04 million. The figure, taken from September to November 2011, includes 313,000 […]

The National Union of Students (NUS) has suggested ten ways the estimated £60 million needed to buy a yacht for the Queen could be spent on improving FE and HE. The Guardian reported how the education secretary, Michael Gove, wanted the public to donate a royal yacht as part of the Queen’s diamond jubilee celebrations. David Cameron […]

A multi-million pound investment is to be made by the government to boost sport in colleges. Jeremy Hunt, secretary of state for the Department for Culture, Olympics Media & Sport, has launched the Youth Sports Strategy, which includes £25 million to be given to further education and sixth form colleges. The aim of the money […]

A consultancy firm has been appointed to aid the development of University Technical Colleges (UTCs). Mott MacDonald has been appointed by Partnerships for Schools (PfS) as technical advisor for the development of 16 UTCs, which offer 14 to 19 year-olds the opportunity to take a technical course of study at a specialist college. The scheme will […]

The University and College Union (UCU) has published an update on ‘Institute for Learning (IfL) membership costs’ which confirms they have now suspended their current legal proceedings. The UCU objected to the requirement that after completion of the appropriate qualification all teachers in the learning and skills sector would be required to register with the IfL. Members have […]