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It all started with an Lsect update (see www.lsect.co.uk/updates.asp) in January where there was a reference to a local news story which included a quote from Geoff Hall. The story mentioned his dogs. Geoff sent me a picture of his two dogs, so it seemed obvious to create this competition. Principals and CEOs were encouraged […]

An inspiring conference succeeds through collaboration Partnership working at its best was evident recently when the Women’s Leadership Network (WLN) and the Network for Black Professionals (NBP) delivered yet another successful conference – Diversity in Challenging Times. Following on from last year’s joint event, the WLN and the NBP designed and created another inspirational and […]

Across 1. A ‘voice of further education’ since 1996 3. Shane Chowen led to campaign to keep it 5. Quickly scrapped whilst waiting for Wolf 7. Prepare to be inspected, at all times 10. £31m in 2011-12 via Skills Funding Agency 11. Australian import based on GTA model 12. The opposite would be in work […]

Skills conditionality is, if anything, a greater threat to classroom-based adult learning than the removal of fee remission for those poor benighted souls on “inactive” benefits. As the outline of the programme stands at the moment, Department for Work and Pension (DWP) staff appear to be able to tell us what classes to run and […]